Norwegian diplomat's behavior could affect her career, media write

Consulate General of Norway in Murmansk. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 1 Incident involving Norwegian consular officer Elisabeth Ellingsen, who previously yelled at a hotel employee in Murmansk using foul language and said she hated Russians, could affect her career, the newspaper writes Dagsavisen. On Saturday, a video from a Russian hotel was published on the Internet, in which Elisabeth Ellingsen, an administrative employee at the Norwegian consulate in Murmansk, yelled at a hotel employee using obscene words and stated that she hated Russians. The Federation Council called on the Norwegian Foreign Ministry to recall an employee who insulted Russians»We should not demand that a woman's incompetence cost her her job, but we assume that this episode will affect her career growth» , — the article says. Earlier, the official representative of the Russian diplomatic service, Maria Zakharova, said that the Russian Foreign Ministry was working on the option reaction to the behavior of the consulate employee and considers her statements an outrageous act of hatred. In turn, the governor of the Murmansk region Andrey Chibis said that the authorities of the region would do everything to prevent Ellingsen from appearing in Russia anymore. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over the incident with Ellingsen.Pushkov responded to a «Russian-hating» employee of the consulate in Murmansk