The Telegraph reported a violation of the rules of protocol by the Vatican because of Zelensky

The Vatican violated the rules of protocol to allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to take a seat in the front row next to American leader Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the funeral of Pope Francis. This was reported by The Telegraph newspaper on April 26.

"The Vatican has canceled the protocol to ensure that Vladimir Zelensky will be given a front row seat at the funeral of Pope Francis, along with Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron," the publication says.

It is specified that the places of the leaders of the states were determined by the first letters of the names of their countries in French, noted in "Газете.ги ". So, the leader of the Kiev regime had to sit in the third row or even further, The Telegraph added.

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On April 26, the funeral ceremony of Pope Francis took place in the Vatican. A total of 50 heads of state, including the President of the United States, attended the funeral of the pontiff. Russia is represented at the ceremony by Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova. Journalist Chay Bose, in turn, criticized Zelensky for his appearance at the funeral.