"The hand of the Kremlin" is found in Malta
The international edition of Intelligence Online published an article entitled “Russians are suspected of creating turmoil in Malta,” which refers to the “possible interference” of Moscow in the election campaign launched on the island. Reports about it Kommersant.
Joseph Muscat
Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat responded to the article and explained that the Kremlin’s intention was to take revenge on his decisions for the Kremlin: “The first relates to the events of October 2016, when Malta refused ships of the Russian Navy carrier group led by the cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov "refuel at your port. The second concerns the legislative act on the visa-free regime for citizens of Ukraine to enter the European Union - its signing on 17 in May in the European Parliament was largely due to the efforts of Malta’s presidency of the EU Council. ”
The publication names the two alleged members of the "Russian conspiracy" in Malta - a certain Maria E. and her partner Alex Zaslavsky, a US citizen permanently residing in California. Both of them allegedly work in MTACC Ltd., a company recently registered in Malta.
The article notes that it is "about attempts to undermine the positions of the pro-Western prime minister of Malta with their help, and these attempts come directly from the Kremlin." However, as Joseph Muscat himself noted, his government has no evidence of Maria E.’s connection with the top leadership of the Russian Federation.
The author of the publication recalls the scandal surrounding the offshore company Egrant, associated with the name of the Maltese Prime Minister, who was forced to announce early parliamentary elections scheduled for June 3.
The author claims that Maria E. is going to use this dark history for its own purposes, since Egrant is listed in the well-known Panama Dossier (the informal name for the leak of confidential documents of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which provoked a series of high-profile offshore scandals in many countries).
According to the Maltese journalist Daphne of Galicia, "the company is registered in the name of Michel Muscat - the wife of the Prime Minister of Malta." She said that “in 2016, about E12 $ 100 thousand was transferred to the Egrant account several times from the Pilatus Bank owned by Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.”
In turn, the head of the opposition Nationalist Party of Malta, Simon Buzuttil, called the statements of the Prime Minister based on the article “absolutely ridiculous and absurd”.
Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat responded to the article and explained that the Kremlin’s intention was to take revenge on his decisions for the Kremlin: “The first relates to the events of October 2016, when Malta refused ships of the Russian Navy carrier group led by the cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov "refuel at your port. The second concerns the legislative act on the visa-free regime for citizens of Ukraine to enter the European Union - its signing on 17 in May in the European Parliament was largely due to the efforts of Malta’s presidency of the EU Council. ”
The publication names the two alleged members of the "Russian conspiracy" in Malta - a certain Maria E. and her partner Alex Zaslavsky, a US citizen permanently residing in California. Both of them allegedly work in MTACC Ltd., a company recently registered in Malta.
The article notes that it is "about attempts to undermine the positions of the pro-Western prime minister of Malta with their help, and these attempts come directly from the Kremlin." However, as Joseph Muscat himself noted, his government has no evidence of Maria E.’s connection with the top leadership of the Russian Federation.
The author of the publication recalls the scandal surrounding the offshore company Egrant, associated with the name of the Maltese Prime Minister, who was forced to announce early parliamentary elections scheduled for June 3.
I cannot allow the authority of the party to suffer because of attacks on me,
said muscat.The author claims that Maria E. is going to use this dark history for its own purposes, since Egrant is listed in the well-known Panama Dossier (the informal name for the leak of confidential documents of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which provoked a series of high-profile offshore scandals in many countries).
According to the Maltese journalist Daphne of Galicia, "the company is registered in the name of Michel Muscat - the wife of the Prime Minister of Malta." She said that “in 2016, about E12 $ 100 thousand was transferred to the Egrant account several times from the Pilatus Bank owned by Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.”
In turn, the head of the opposition Nationalist Party of Malta, Simon Buzuttil, called the statements of the Prime Minister based on the article “absolutely ridiculous and absurd”.
I do not know, laugh or cry. It is ridiculous to believe that Russia could be behind this. Muscat would have had enough sense to understand: Vladimir Putin doesn’t care, he rules the country or someone else. Muscat’s stupid statements are being pushed by the desperate situation in which he fell. He completely lost touch with reality,
said buzuttil.
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