EU flags. File photoBRUSSELS, Feb. 9 The situation in relations between Russia and the EU is too exalted, it is influenced by the loud chorus of those who see «Russian aggression» where there is none, the permanent representative said in an interview with RIA Novosti Russia under the European Union Vladimir Chizhov. Moscow categorically denies plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine and constantly states that no one is threatened, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. dialogue with Russia is abnormal, Chizhov said
