The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova responded to a comment by the Finnish President Alexander Stubb, stating that the Finnish leader has no right to “another falsification of common sense“.
In her Telegram channel, the diplomat drew attention to Stubb's statement that “Russia has no right to continue its aggression against Ukraine, and Israel has no right to violate international law in Palestine“. Zakharova pointed out the inappropriateness of such parallels and attacks.
“Stub has no right to another falsification of common sense“, she commented. “If Stubb wants to share his thoughts on international law, he should start with the disgrace that is happening in his part of the Eurasian continent. There, with EU funds, Russian-speaking people are being harassed, persecuted and exterminated by the Kiev regime, which bans the Russian language and Russian-language media and destroys and annihilates everything related to the history and identity of Russians.“
The diplomat reminded the Finnish president that the Israeli leadership and the Kiev regime “have recognized their solidarity and support for each other all these years“. “As has the EU, by the way“, she continued. “Does Stubb remember how in 2023 Finland purchased the Israeli David's Sling missile defense systems for 317 million euros? And now he will talk about something!“
In addition, Zakharova urged Stubb “not to forget that the situation in Ukraine is a direct provocation“ by the countries of NATO, which for many years has been pursuing a policy of “transforming the nascent state into an ultra-liberal democracy with a Russophobic agenda“. She stressed that international law has been violated by the failure to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2202 on the Minsk Agreements and UN resolutions on the creation of the State of Palestine.
“Who violated international law? The Western community, ruled by liberal dictatorial regimes, including Finnish President Stubb, who pushed his country towards NATO, opposing the laws of democracy“, concluded Zakharova.