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Jose Manuel Albarez has announced the immediate expulsion from Spain of “not less than 25 Russian diplomats and embassy staff” of the Russian Federation, “Who poses a threat to Spain’s security interests” And, “because The brutality of war we saw in Bouche Recently in Mariupol”.
Therefore, the Spanish government has responded to the explicit request of the Ukrainian Embassy in Spain on the 2nd, Dmitry Matyushenko, warned the government that “now is not the time to think, but to act”, and Russian diplomats should be expelled from Spain as soon as possible as other EU countries have already done, such as Italy, Germany and France.
Ukraine also requires Banned honorary consul of Russia in Spain and Confiscation of assets of Russian oligarchs In my country.
Dmitry Matyushenko, the second-in-command of the Ukrainian embassy in Spain. EP
However, Minister Albarez explained in a post-ministerial press conference that the executive branch almost wants surgical retaliation. “we will not expel ambassadorsamong other things, because we want to keep ours in Russia”.
It is the diplomatic tradition that suggests that a country will respond with the equivalent of expulsion.The foreign minister added: “In any case, nothing is equivalent and I would like to clarify” that “it will be motivation Why they do what we do.”
Espionage, sabotage and disinformation
First Vice President, Nadia Calvinothe foreign minister appeared with a spokeswoman in Moncloa, Elizabeth RodriguezBoth appear to be the two members of the government most embroiled in the crisis over the Ukraine war.
First, as negotiations within the EU over the imposition of a fifth set of sanctions on the EU Vladimir Putin. Second, for information exchange with partners and allies to maintain unity of action.This explains Cyber attacks on Spanish companies and authorities and Europeans more recently, though Albarez declined to talk about espionage or sabotage.
Also refer to disinformation campaign The Russian embassy in Spain is exercising through its social network channels.For the government, except Denies comments on Butcha and Mariupol incidents They are not directly dangerous, they do provide food for extremist groups mobilized in war against our interests.and in this “We are united NATO allies and EU partners”Albarez clarified.
“I’m not going to speculate why we think they are a danger to Spanish security,” Albarez clarified. “But I do want to say unquestioned war crimes Those we are assisting deserve an immediate response and another in the form of international justice. “For the Spanish government, Operation ‘horrific, escalation of war crimes intolerable’.
End the “Golden Visa”
Calvinho and Albarez had to deal with international terror caused by the abandonment of the Russian army in the dormitory town of Bucha near Kyiv, leaving traces of corpses, torture and rape in their wake .The foreign minister also announced that the Immediately ‘a round of engagement with parliamentary groups’ “Notify you of these measures”.
“We wait harsher punishment, Especially for the oligarchs, it is not worth just seizing assets and leaving them without services, which must be used for humanitarian purposes to help displaced Ukrainians,” Matyushenko said on Tuesday.
At the judicial forum organized by the Madrid Bar Association, Matyushenko emphasized Oppose the “golden visa” Grant large investors residency in Spain and ‘grab as soon as possible Possibly an oligarch’s house and yacht Russians so they don’t hide elsewhere.
“In times of war, this is very important,” he noted. increase military support defenders of shared values”.
Therefore, he believes that Spain should Following the example of other European countries and expel Russian diplomats, as it eventually did. He noted that there were also several Russian honorary consuls in Spain, and at the time, “at the moment, there is nothing honorable about representing Russia.”
At the international level, the minister-counselor pointed out that it is necessary not only to pressure Russia through sanctions, but also to “do everything possible. isolate it from the international economy,” Because the premise of continuing in business is the ability to continue raising funds to continue their attack.
For this reason, he asked lawyers to “don’t put profit over justice, be consistent and Sever ties with Russian companies” And cooperate in presenting and defending cases before the International Criminal Court and advising arriving refugees.
80,000 Ukrainians
Matyushenko stressed that Spain More than 80,000 Ukrainians have arrived, Of these, 40%, or 32,000, were children, many of whom arrived with their mothers, but many with next of kin or even alone.
The most vulnerable and most concerned are orphans or unaccompanied children, who may end up being victims of trafficking. To that end, he asked for a helpline to be set up from the first day they arrived so they could report “abuse, violence or strange situations”.
The diplomat stressed that all orphans who leave the country “are transferred to Spain following very strict procedures and are subject to very strict controls” and that they need faster reception, which will always be temporary because “After all this is over, orphans or unaccompanied children must return to Ukraine”, Underlined.
It also underscores the importance of mothers arriving alone with their children being able to find shelter where they can spend their first nights without having to wait (sometimes weeks) for support services and safe shelter.