A driver crashed his car into the fence of the Russian Embassy in Romania

The driver of a vehicle burned on Wednesday in the bonzo and crashed his car into the fence around the perimeter of the building of the Russian Embassy in Romania as a sign of protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The car caught fire shortly after and, according to the Bucharest authorities, the driver, who has been identified as Bogdan Draghich, has died, as reported by the newspaper Click!.

Sources close to the matter have revealed that the man has deliberately buried his car while shouting at the security officers of the diplomatic mission. The area has been cordoned off and traffic is currently suspended.

Draghich, a lawyer who had been sentenced to prison this week for abusing his daughter, had posted a message hours earlier on his Facebook account alerting that “innocent people are dying minute by minute in Ukraine”. Thus, he condemned the war and claimed that “he is also Ukrainian”. In this way, he wanted to transfer his solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

“Humanity is going through a crisis that seems to tend towards apocalypse,” he qualified before condemning the actions of the “democratic world for not taking stronger measures against (Vladimir) Putin,” whom he compares with Adolf Hitler.

He also denounced that “horrible massacres are taking place on Ukrainian soil, where millions of victims seek refuge in other countries”.

Draghich was arrested in 2019 on charges of committing sexual abuse against his daughter. On Tuesday, just one day before he crashed into the fence, he was sentenced to 15 years and four months in prison, although he could appeal the sentence.

Russia denounces what happened

Later, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the event “something monstrous” and warned that what happened was not just an “incident”, but “a crime”, according to official Russian agencies.

“This crime is not an incident, the security of foreign Russian institutions was jeopardized, a local citizen also died,” Zakharova said.

In the context of what happened, the spokeswoman had recalled that, according to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the host country had an obligation to ensure the safety and protection of foreign institutions from any harm.

Zakharova has therefore emphasized that the Romanian authorities should act “in full accordance with their international obligations”. “We look forward to seeing the results of the research,” he added.

(With information from EP)

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