The results of the voting for the European elections? “Macron and Scholz are clinging to power with their last strength. The right thing for them to do is to resign and stop making fun of their fellow citizens.” He is convinced of it the chairman of the Duma in Russia, Vyacheslav Volodinwhich thus comments on the electoral round, but without mentioning the French president’s call for early legislative elections.
The result of the European elections in France and Germany is due to “the stagnation of the economy, the migrant crisis and the involvement of countries in the war in Ukraine against their own national interests”added Volodin.
A concept, the latter, also repeated byanalyst close to the Kremlin Sergei Markov. “Macron must realize that the French are rejecting him for fomenting the war against Russia in Ukraine. Maybe instead he will opt for an escalation, for a NATO war against Russia,” he stressed.
The results “are a reflection of your inept policy of providing support to Banderists in Ukraine at the expense of your citizens, of your idiotic economic and migration policy! Wait and see what will happen”, the words of the former Russian president on Dmitry Medvedev in a post explicitly addressed to the German Chancellor and the French President. The name of Stepan Bandera, a controversial Ukrainian nationalist, is often used by Moscow to discredit Kiev’s political leadership. “It’s time to withdraw”, urges Medvedev, now number two on the Russian Security Council, in the post addressed to Scholz and Macron.
L’Russian propaganda broadcaster Rt cites the positive, growing result of the parties that oppose sanctions against Russia. Le Pen, it was explained, is against the use of Western weapons to strike targets in Russia and has spoken out against sanctions. Likewise, the AfD “has repeatedly opposed Western sanctions against Russia and opposed military aid to Ukraine.”
“The weakening of the anti-Russia front” is the message also relaunched by Russian nationalist blogs like Rybar who anticipates a (presumed) “new wave of repression and pressure” against far-right parties, referring to what happened in Germany with members of the AfD, “just the beginning”, in his words.
The Foreign Ministry’s envoy “for the crimes committed by the Kiev regime” Rodion Miroshnik, argues that criminal charges should be filed against Macron. “He has taken serious steps to try to provoke an escalation on Russian territory and against Russia,” she said, speaking of a “Napoleonic approach”.
The ‘think tank’ Global Affairswho advises the Kremlin on foreign policy, admitted, however, as did the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, that “there was no revolution.” “Macron placed the issue of Ukraine and the promise of military interference in the war at the center of his campaign. The result shows that he failed to interest voters,” the comment said.
“EU majority is pro Ukraine”
“The majority of the next European Parliament will be pro-European and pro-Ukraine, but its composition still needs to be analysed.” The day after, the results of the EU vote are carefully evaluated in Moscow. Russia observes the data and takes stock with the words of the Kremlin spokesperson. “The dynamics of growing popularity of right-wing parties is visible to the naked eye, and despite the fact that for now pro-Europeans maintain their leading position, over time right-wing parties will hinder them,” says President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman .
“Contrary to the slander spread in the United States and Europe, Russia does not interfere in the internal affairs of other states,” Peskov further says. The Kremlin, he concludes, keeps a close watch on what happens in France after the election results, “especially considering the extremely unfriendly, even hostile, attitude of the French leadership towards us”.
“EU elections? Unbridled anti-Russian campaign”
The elections for the European Parliament were held “in conditions of severe restrictions” and “unbridled anti-Russian campaign”, denounced the spokeswoman of the Moscow Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, quoted by Ria Novosti: “We are forced to admit that the European elections were held under conditions of severe restrictions, absence of fair competition, elimination of alternative sources of information from the information field and an unbridled anti-Russian campaign.” Zakharova then denounced that “the political forces that oppose the reckless confrontation with Russia, which is harmful to the European Union itself, have been subject to discrimination and often direct pressure and harassment”.
