The West is bringing itself to the verge of breaking off relations with Russia, the ambassador said

Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg StepanovWASHINGTON, February 26 Canada and its allies decided to impose sanctions against the Russian leadership, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are deliberately bringing themselves to the point of breaking off all relations with Moscow, Oleg Stepanov, Russian Ambassador to Ottawa, told RIA Novosti. «This unprecedented step indicates that Canada and its Western allies are deliberately bringing themselves to the point of breaking off all relations with Russia, having crossed which it is difficult to imagine a civilized return to normality,» Stepanov said, commenting on the latest restrictions of the Western allies against the Russian Federation. As a high-ranking diplomat noted, it is difficult for Moscow to analyze what goals the West is pursuing by taking such absurd steps. «If they continue to test Russia for strength by introducing such measures, they expect that it will retreat or blink first, then Western analysts clearly underestimate the prince the primacy of the leadership of Russia and its people in terms of the tasks of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine,» the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Canada stressed. On Friday, the Canadian authorities announced a decision to impose sanctions against the leadership of the Russian Federation, including President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Prior to this, Canada had already imposed two packages of economic sanctions due to the situation in Ukraine.