"I-anti-Russian hysteria" - iRussia ixwayisa izivakashi zayo ngokuhambela eMontenegro

IMontenegro ijoyina i-NATO ngokusemthethweni, okuyisinyathelo abaningi abathi singabukela phansi umzamo weRussia wokuqhubeka nokugxila eningizimu-mpumalanga yeYurophu.

NgoMsombuluko, amalungiselelo asaqhubeka eWashington abambe umcimbi wokwamukela iMontenegro ukuthi ijoyine ngokusemthethweni i-NATO futhi ibe yilungu lama-29 lomfelandawonye wamasosha aseNtshonalanga.

Ukubusa kufika ekudumazekeni kweRussia. Izwe laseRussia lixwayise izivakashi ngokuvakashela eMontenegro kuyilapho ukungenisa ukudla kuvinjelwe ezweni.

Umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseRussia, uMaria Zakharova, muva nje uthe "kunokuqubuka kweRussia eMontenegro."

Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi abantu baseRussia bangase babekwe engcupheni efana “nokuboshwa ngezizathu ezisolisayo noma ukuthunyelwa emazweni esithathu” uma bevakashela izwe lamaSlavic. IMoscow iphinde yafunga ukuthi izoziphindiselela ngokwepolitiki.

Uhulumeni waseMontenegro usivikele lesi sinyathelo njengesinyathelo sokuzinzisa ngenkathi ephika ukuthi singathena amandla abavakashi baseRussia ekuvakasheleni izwe.

"Esinye sezizathu esenza sijoyine i-NATO ukudala uzinzo olukhulu, hhayi kwizakhamizi zaseMontenegrin kuphela, kodwa nakubatshalizimali bangaphandle nabavakashi," kusho owayenguNdunankulu uMilo Djukanovic. “Ngakho-ke, inhloso yethu ukuletha izivakashi eziningi zaseRussia,” kwengeza u-Djukanovic, obengomunye wabagqugquzeli besicelo se-NATO yaseMontenegro eminyakeni edlule.