View of CopenhagenHELSINKI, Mar 4 The Nordic Council of Ministers decided to suspend cooperation with Russia and Belarus, the organization said on Friday. «The Nordic Council of Ministers has decided to suspend cooperation with Russia and Belarus,» the statement said. The reason for this decision was the military operation of Russia in Ukraine. The decision means that all program, project and other activities with Russia and Belarus will be temporarily suspended, the message says.Gas blockade. Is an energy war between Russia and the European Union possible «The Nordic Council of Ministers is currently sending a clear signal to the Russian government, along with the rest of the world community. The message is addressed only to the Russian government, not to the Russian people,» the message emphasizes. The Nordic Council is an organization of intergovernmental and inter-parliamentary cooperation between the Nordic countries, founded in 1952. The organization is headquartered in Copenhagen and has representative offices in the Baltic countries. on Thursday, February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
