
Yuri Filatov
MANY OF the top brass were bemused at Simon Coveney’s rap across the knuckles of chief of staff, Lt Gen Seán Clancy, for meeting Russian ambassador Yuri Filatov in late January, a month before the Russians invaded Ukraine. Covetous Coveney is foreign minister (and defence minister) and he told the Fine Gael parliamentary party shortly... Read more »