Russia considers its exclusion from any invitation, even at the level of ambassadors, to tomorrow's state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II to be "profoundly immoral" and "blasphemous" .

A decision by the British government of Liz Truss, which also excluded Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma, Syria and Venezuela.

London, says the spokeswoman for the Moscow Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova , has decided to "exploit a national tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions of people around the world for geopolitical purposes and against our country".

The BBC, which relaunched the statement, highlights how current relations between Russia and the United Kingdom have reached a level of hostility even higher than that of the Cold War .

And he notes how the Kremlin - despite having sent a warm message of condolences in the name of Vladimir Putin , and then a second message of congratulations to the new king, Charles III - had excluded from the beginning a hypothetical participation of the president at the funeral in London. .

(Unioneonline / L)

© Riproduzione riservata