Belgrade did not respond in any way to the anti-Russian statements of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk. This was stated on Saturday, July 11, by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
The Ukrainian MP spoke at the first conference of heads of parliaments of candidate countries to join the European Union, which was held on July 7 and 8 in Belgrade.
“Unfortunately, we have to admit that the hostile, anti-Russian adventures of a figure close to Zelensky did not receive an adequate response from the organizers,” the diplomat explained.
According to her, posted on Website In the oath, Stefanchuk tried to “abuse the platform as much as possible in order to set the tone and make anti-Russian propaganda the main theme of the event.”
Before that, the head of the ruling Union of Independent Social Democrats party, Milorad Dodik, said that Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina hopes Russia will win in a special military operation.
In turn, Secretary General of the Serbian Athletics Federation, Slobodan Branković, expressed his hope that the suspension of Russian athletes would be lifted quickly.