Peskov said that Moscow does not take decisions of the European Parliament to heart

The European Parliament bases its work on emotions, Moscow does not take its decisions to heart, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, said on the air of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin”, commenting on the EP resolution recognizing Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism”.

“The European Parliament is an organization that rather bases its work on emotions, on an emotional approach,” consider in the Kremlin.

According to Peskov, it is no secret that in recent years the European Parliament “did not have much love” for Russia, and Moscow, in turn, did not feel “a special desire to take into account what is happening there and take it to heart.”

“The situation, when such frenzied Russophobia and hatred for Russia just overflows, it does not have any legally binding character – this is how it should be treated,” the presidential press secretary said.

He added that now there is a lack of professionalism in the EP. “Emotions are such a fickle thing. Today they are Russophobic, tomorrow there will be some others. And then, maybe, insight will come, ”Peskov said.

On November 23, the European Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing Russia as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”. The document, which is advisory in nature and has no legal force, was supported by 494 MEPs, 58 voted against, and 44 abstained. Russia in the document is accused of “delivering strikes on Ukraine in violation of international law.”

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, then proposed to recognize the European Parliament as a “sponsor of idiocy.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov refused to comment on the resolution, saying that for all sane people “everything is obvious”, and he does not have a “medical education” for this.