Norway Consul Filmed Saying “I Hate Russians”, Shown The Door By Moscow
Moscow said on Thursday that a Norwegian consul could no longer live in Russia after he was filmed stating “I hate Russia” during an angry explosion at the hotel reception. “After what happened, the presence of Elisabeth Ellingsen in Russia was not possible,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Previously on that day the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Norwegian Ambassador Rune Resaland and protested about “Russofobia’s statement that insulted” Ellingsen. Norwegian diplomats are noted to insult Russia at a hotel reception in the city of Arctic Murmansk.
“I Hate Russia” – Norwegian Consul, Elisabeth Ellingsen, raged in Murmansk for cleaning his room “takes too long”. This is a diplomat from a large European country. pic.twitter.com/papstz2s9p
– Levi (@levi_godman) July 30, 2022 The video was posted during the weekend by Mash Telegram Channel, famous for being close to Russian security services, and triggered protests in the country. “I hate Russians … Give me a room … I’m used to cleaning the room, I’m from Scandinavia,” Ellingsen said as said in English.
The Ellingsen explosion came at the time of tension between Russia and the West of Russia’s attacks in Ukraine, which had pushed European and US sanctions volleyball kicks on Moscow. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said that at that weekend it was “very sorry” the incident.
“The sentiment that is declared does not reflect the Norwegian policy or Norway’s attitude towards Russia,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On Thursday, Moscow said he had recorded a statement from the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.
A spokesman for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Guri Solberg, said that on Thursday, the country’s ambassador had been told that Moscow had revoked the Ellingsen visa.
The Ambassador repeated that the Consul’s statement “did not reflect the Norwegian policy,” Solberg said, adding that Ellingsen is currently not in Russia.Norway said in June that they temporarily closed the consulate general at Murmansk.