Kate’s disappearance has been alluded to by Russian authorities (Pictures: Getty/AP)
Russia issued a statement to the UK about ‘meddling’ in their presidential election, telling diplomats to worry about Britain, where ‘a crisis of power is clearly brewing’.
The statement comes as senior Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova waded into speculation over the royals, and referenced the recent drama surrounding Kate Middleton’s Mother’s Day photo.
A message posted by Britain’s consul general in Yekaterinburg read: ‘All of them are part of Ukraine, and holding elections here will not make these territories Russian.’
Russia’s foreign ministry responded harshly, saying: ‘We stressed the absolute inadmissibility of such activities, which are seen as interference in Russia’s domestic affairs and a hostile attempt at exerting pressure on the independent electoral system in our country and influencing the election results.
’Despite the West’s aggressive attempts to discredit the presidential election in Russia, its outcome vividly demonstrated the unprecedented union of the Russian people who support the incumbent head of state and his policy.
’It was recommended that the embassy should better focus on the situation in the United Kingdom where a crisis of power is clearly brewing.’
Russia also slammed British attempts to ‘interfere’ with Russian affairs (Picture: AFP)
Maria Zakharova criticised royal edited photos (Picture: AP)
Zakharova also implied British fakery was behind the nerve agent poisoning of turncoat GRU agent Sergei Skripal who had secretly spied for Britain before living in exile in Salisbury, and his daughter Yulia, in 2018.
She criticised edited photos from the royal family, saying: ‘It turned out that previous photographs of the English royal family are also photomontages. Do you now understand how the whole story with the Skripals was concocted in London?’
Britain insists the incident – which led to the murder of local woman Dawn Sturgess – was an assassination bid carried out by Russian military intelligence.
Earlier this week, Russian news channels distributed fake news claiming that King Charles III was dead.
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It’s not immediately clear if Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine was behind the message, but the stunt followed criticism in Britain and the collective West over Putin’s ‘victory’ in the Russian elections this weekend.
The British embassy’s Telegram channel said: ‘Reports about the death of King Charles III of Great Britain are fake.’
The British Embassy in Ukraine issued a similar message to ensure no confusion.
Russian outlets which ran the fake report included RIA Novosti, Readkovka and Mash – staunchly pro-Putin outlets.
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