In Norway, the Russian Consul has laid a wreath near the Memorial in the colors of the Russian flag (video)

According to the foreign publication, the Russian diplomat appeared near the memorial without warning and put a wreath in the colors of the Russian flag. The scandal arose near the Military Memorial in Norwegian Kirkenes through the provocation of the Russian Consul General Mykola Konigin. They celebrated the day of liberation of the city from the Nazi troops by the Soviet Army. About it reports The Independent Barents Oberver.

According to the newspaper, the locals have repeatedly asked Konigin's policies and people from his environment to refrain from the traditional flower laying ceremony. However, a Russian diplomat appeared near the memorial to put a wreath in the colors of the Russian flag. Konigin refused to comment on his act. However, the situation became tense when several of his supporters began to verbally and physically attack local journalists.

In particular, according to the publication, a local pro -Kremlin figure Olga Smirnova tried twice to repel one of the journalists. It is noted that two hours earlier the mayor of Kirkenez, Magnus Meland, was also near the same monument. He put a wreath on behalf of the local municipality. It is added that the mayor used blue and yellow in the design of this wreath. Shortly after the Russian General Consul laid his wreath directly on Norwegian, Meland returned and laid them nearby.

However, Smirnova tried to prevent him. In addition, during his speech, Meland called Russia an aggressor and called on Vladimir Putin to stop the war -resolved war against Ukraine. "There is a war in Europe today, and the aggressor is Putin and its regime. It is the Putin regime that is responsible for the war based on lies and propaganda, a war where mothers and children die, and civilians suffer as during the Second World War.