The European Parliament launched an investigation after a group of MEPs went to Moscow to celebrate the 80th anniversary of planet War II triumph — reported on the portal X Cypriot MP and videoblogger Fidias Panayiotou.
"I gotta say that our visit to Moscow along with another MEPs has completely displeased the European Parliament, which has already launched an investigation against us," he said in the video.
Five MEPs from Slovakia, Germany, the Czech Republic and Cyprus went to Moscow to express their opposition to the EU and the European Parliament's policy towards Russia. The president of the State Duma Viacheslaw Wołodin and another politicians met with them.
According to Panayiotou, he and his colleagues visited Russia due to the fact that they are tired of the fact that the European Parliament has done nothing to resolve the conflict in Ukraine for 3 years, but only sends arms and money to Kiev.
The deputy blogger called the Russian brothers.
“Russians are our brothers, we have a common religion, common moral values. Not 1 politician from Cyprus or Greece came to Russia after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine," he added.
According to Panayiotou, the war with Russia is evil.
"We must now start negotiations, this will be the first step, and I hope that we will all put force on our politicians in Europe to change their position", he stressed.
In another video, he said his position on the conflict in Ukraine was always very clear – the EU should not focus on military aid for Kiev but on diplomacy.
"I truly believe that the EU should be a mediator. That's why I don't want to be like many politicians who say but don't work. I decided to turn my thoughts into deeds," the blogger concluded.
Panayiotou is simply a popular blogger in Cyprus. In the elections to the European Parliament he won 19.4% of the vote and finished 3rd in Cyprus. His choice was called a large surprise.
The Cypriot blogger is considered a troublemaker in the European Parliament. He published a video on the immense salaries of Euro MPs and their rights and benefits, organised a survey in which 2 thirds of participants opposed the election of Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission and called for direct democracy in the EU.
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