Romanian MEP Șoșoacă: Russia has changed fundamentally since the USSR era

Romanian senator and Member of the European Parliament Diana Șoșoacă has stated that modern Russia is fundamentally different from the Soviet Union.

She made the remarks in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“Russia has changed greatly since the USSR era,” Șoșoacă said.

According to the MEP, Russia has become a state with a developed economy and society, as well as modern infrastructure. Șoșoacă noted that the country is looking to the future and is not living in the past.

In light of this, the MEP called on Western politicians to stop evaluating Moscow through the lens of outdated Cold War-era historical stereotypes.

Earlier, American journalist Candace Owens, who had traveled to Moscow, expressed admiration for the Russian city and accused Western media of lying. After walking around the Russian capital, Owens said she now understands why “talking heads” begin to “panic, scream, and lie” about alleged Russian collusion whenever a high-ranking American official visits Moscow. The journalist admitted she had not expected to see such a clean, beautiful, and orderly city, and emphasized that Moscow is far from how Western media portrays it.