German Bundestag in Berlin. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 30France and Germany are watching Britain's belligerent Russian policy with dismay, writes Financial Times columnist Anne-Sylvain Chassani.»While Berlin and Paris <…> prefer more restrained diplomacy towards Moscow, London has fully adopted the US course, is supplying Kiev with anti-tank installations and declares an imminent invasion of Ukraine,” the author noted. According to her, France and Germany are watching with concern as the UK asserts itself in the role an active ally of the United States. As in the days of the Iraq war, the crisis in Eastern Europe could split the West into two camps: on the one hand, the Anglo-American, on the other, the Franco-German, the journalist writes. In recent months, the media in the West are increasingly writing about Moscow's preparation of a «strike» against Kiev. At the same time, Ukraine does not note any prerequisites for the escalation of the conflict. As President of the country Volodymyr Zelensky said, the situation is being deliberately escalated and has a negative impact on the economy. In Russia, allegations of an «invasion» have been repeatedly refuted. Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin called such messages malicious propaganda of the US State Department. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in turn, noted that Russia has never threatened the Ukrainian people. against Russia
