Senator Alexei Pushkov commented in his Twitter the refusal of the Ambassador of Ukraine in Germany Andrey Melnik from participation in the ceremony dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the capitulation of the Wehrmacht in Berlin.
Previously, the newspaper Tagesspiegel reported that Miller considered it was inappropriate to honor those who died in the capture of Berlin by the Ukrainian red army soldiers for participating in the event representatives of Russia.
According to Pushkov, the decision of the Ukrainian diplomat is not any important news.
"Someone was expecting? This is another demonstration of hatred on the part of the Kiev elite. Place this information under the heading "Small facts". No more", wrote the Senator.
On Saturday Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechayev and the Belarusian Ambassador Denis Sidorenko took at the invitation of the governing mayor of the German capital Michael Mueller part in the solemn ceremony dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the capitulation of the Wehrmacht in Berlin. As part of the ceremony held a joint wreath-laying ceremony at the historic building, where in 1945 the headquarters of the Soviet 8th guards army. The second of may 1945, German General Helmut Weidling there was signed the order of surrender of the Wehrmacht fighting in Berlin.