Russian diplomats abroad face psychological abuse, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
"All kinds of threats are coming, which are not only evidence of the negative attitude. These are concrete things, mostly related to psychological violence," she said."
According to Ms. Zakharova, Russian diplomats are currently "in the spotlight" and Russian diplomatic property is also being damaged. "These are all kinds of 'creativity' in relation to our embassies, these are attacks on cars. Diplomats are really living on the front line," she added."
The official spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry believes that one of the goals of such a "political campaign" against Russia is to alienate the Russian diplomatic service from the international community, also citing the Russian Foreign Minister.
Offers of cooperation
"One of the parts of this political campaign, which was prepared by the West and is part of what Sergei Lavrov said the other day - that the West has declared a hybrid war against us, consists in completely excluding the Russian diplomatic service from the international scene," Ms. Zakharova said.
She also claimed that in the West, Russian diplomats received letters containing offers of cooperation with the special services of these countries.
"In Western countries or countries where the corresponding influence of the secret services is great, they received specific proposals not at the level of individual approaches, but at the level of specific letters, addressed by personal mail, with personal messages. It was about blackmail and threats so that having felt their conscience ... awakening, they would follow it, go out of the embassy and start interacting with the relevant special services," he said.
At the same time, Moscow seems to be engaging in an impression game with the expulsions of diplomats of Western countries.
The lists, according to sources with knowledge of the developments, have been ready since the expulsions of Russian diplomats began, but the announcements serve better to come in waves and keep the issue in the news.
Source: in.gr
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