On February 6, 2023, at a meeting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Tatyana Zhdanok responded to the campaign launched against her on accusations of cooperation with Russia's intelligence services.
"They say: Tatiana Zhdanok is an agent. Yes, I am an agent: an agent of peace; an agent of a Europe without fascism; an agent of minority rights; an agent of a united Europe from Lisbon to the Urals. And I want to apologize here and now to people for the fact that I was not a successful agent," the Latvian MP said at the EP meeting.
"In 2004, the European Union saw Russia as a strategic partner. People responsible for the eastern direction of EU policy willingly came to the European Russian Forums I held and thanked me for organizing them. 10 years later, there was an official paradigm shift towards Russia. From 'partnership and cooperation' to 'critical interaction,'" Zhdanok said.
"'Nevertheless, we insisted: "It will be impossible to solve the conflict over Ukraine if the EU works against Russia."'" Now, two decades later, the world is losing its chance for peace. In Russian, the terms "world" and "peace" are denoted by one word "peace".And I am an agent of Peace. And you are? - concluded Zhdanok.
"They say: Tatiana Zhdanok is an agent. Yes, I am an agent: an agent of peace; an agent of a Europe without fascism; an agent of minority rights; an agent of a united Europe from Lisbon to the Urals. And I want to apologize here and now to people for the fact that I was not a successful agent," the Latvian MP said at the EP meeting.
"In 2004, the European Union saw Russia as a strategic partner. People responsible for the eastern direction of EU policy willingly came to the European Russian Forums I held and thanked me for organizing them. 10 years later, there was an official paradigm shift towards Russia. From 'partnership and cooperation' to 'critical interaction,'" Zhdanok said.
"'Nevertheless, we insisted: "It will be impossible to solve the conflict over Ukraine if the EU works against Russia."'" Now, two decades later, the world is losing its chance for peace. In Russian, the terms "world" and "peace" are denoted by one word "peace".And I am an agent of Peace. And you are? - concluded Zhdanok.