Small group of MEPs to go to Moscow on Victory Day

A small group of members of the European Parliament, together with two members of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, a pro-Russian far-left social gathering in Germany, might be among the many visitors on the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. [Victory Day is a Russian holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, celebrated on 9 May – ed.]

Supply: German information journal Spiegel, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Ruth Firmenich and Michael von der Schulenburg, MEPs and associates of Wagenknecht, introduced they might take part within the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow and can be accompanied by three different MEPs from Czechia, Slovakia and Cyprus.

Whereas in Moscow, they intend to satisfy with members of the Russian parliament and different representatives of the political and cultural spheres.

They acknowledged their motive as being the will "to beat the rising spiral of confrontation and escalation in Europe".

Firmenich and von der Schulenburg acknowledged they plan to journey to Kyiv afterwards and have been in touch with the Ukrainian embassy concerning this.

Ruth Firmenich is described as a detailed affiliate of Sahra Wagenknecht, having labored along with her since 2004.

When requested about her social gathering members' journey to Moscow, Wagenknecht stated she noticed nothing scandalous in it.

Quote from Wagenknecht: "They’re going to Moscow to put a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the eightieth anniversary of liberation. I don’t know what there may be to criticise about that. They won’t be participating within the army parade or any comparable state occasions."

Background:

• In February, Wagenknecht refused to reply a query about whether or not she was glad that Ukraine nonetheless existed as a state regardless of three years of full-scale battle and quite a few losses.
• She additionally acknowledged that German business – and the European economic system generally – "has no likelihood" with out low-cost vitality sources from Russia.

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