Russia 'not a threat' to Ireland, claims country's ambassador

Yuriy Filatov said that the recent Commission on the Defence Forces seems to imply Ireland is under threat from Russia, but he claimed it is a “misplaced” notion.

Russia is not the “boogeyman” that people want to portray the federation as, according to its ambassador to Ireland.

Yuriy Filatov said that the recent Commission on the Defence Forces seems to imply Ireland is under threat from Russia. But this is, he said, a “misplaced” notion.