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Russia Summons German Ambassador Amid Tensions
Moscow accused the meeting of recruiting Russian expatriates and said the separatist group has carried out sabotage near the border with Ukraine.
- On Monday, Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned German Ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff to protest a meeting in Kyiv between German Bundestag deputy Roderich Kiesewetter and exiled Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev.
- Earlier this month, Kiesewetter met Zakayev in Kyiv, praising him for "resisting Russia's colonial and imperial hegemony" and expressing confidence the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria would regain independence.
- Russia designates the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as a "terrorist" organization, claiming the meeting served as "recruitment" to "destabilize the social and political situation in Russia."
- The Foreign Ministry warned Berlin of "negative consequences," viewing the contact as interference in internal affairs, while Zakayev has lived in the United Kingdom as a fugitive since 2002.
- Berlin's Foreign Office rejected the accusations, with a spokesperson calling the claims regarding interactions between Kiesewetter and Zakayev "completely unfounded and baseless.
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Because Roderich Kiesewetter meets with a Chechen oppositionist, there are protests from Moscow. However, the CDU member of parliament cannot be deterred from doing so: he literally shoots back against the Kremlin regime.
Russia summons German envoy over Kyiv meeting with Chechen separatist leader, warns of ‘consequences’
Russia said it has lodged a formal protest with German Ambassador Alexander Lambsdorff over a meeting between Bundestag member Roderich Kiesewetter and Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev, whom Moscow accuses of heading a banned organisation.
German-Russian relations have been very tense for years. Moscow is now making new accusations against a member of the Bundestag and appointing Ambassador Lambsdorff.
New tensions with Russia: German Ambassador Lambsdorff has been summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The background is a journey by CDU politician Kiesewetter. He had been in contact with a terrorist organization.[more]]>
Russia Summons German Ambassador Over CDU Lawmaker’s Meeting With Exiled Chechen Separatist Leader
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that it summoned German Ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff to protest a recent meeting between a German lawmaker and the fugitive head of an exiled Chechen separatist group.
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