Former Russian President and deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmity Medvedev said, “Ambassadors of the EU states to Russia declined a meeting with the Russian minister of foreign affairs.”

Medvedev wrote this on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday.

“All these ambassadors should be kicked out of Russia, and the level of diplomatic relations should be demoted,” Medvedev, who is currently the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, wrote. He slammed the EU diplomats as “political imbeciles who do not comprehend their real tasks.”

Russian business news agency RBK cited the EU mission in the country as confirming that the envoys had ignored the invitation. “We were invited to discuss the relations between the EU and Russia, but now minister Lavrov is saying that he wanted to lecture us. This proves that we were right to decline the invitation,” the spokesperson said.

The EU mission also cited “the low level of trust” as a result of the ongoing Ukraine conflict, as well as the recent death of jailed opposition activist Alexey Navalny.

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