EU Summit. File photoMOSCOW, May 17.French politician Stephane Buffeteau described European policy towards Russia as «an incomprehensible oversight». He made this statement in an article for the Boulevard Voltaire. Europe, the politician is sure, should remember that until 1917 the Russian Empire was its ally. After the collapse of the USSR, it was necessary to re-integrate it into European politics and thus ensure a balance in Eurasia. However, everything was done exactly the opposite: the European Union obeyed the American doctrine, according to which the rapprochement of Western Europe with Russia is unacceptable, since it will cause the US to leave the region. It was the United States that in recent years has destabilized the world with its policy in the Middle East, for which the Europeans high price, writes Buffeto. At the same time, the politician considers Russia not a threat, but an important element in maintaining world order, and recalls that neither Charles XII, nor Napoleon, nor Hitler succeeded in erasing it from the world map. Earlier, the Chinese edition of the Global Times recalled that many countries in Asia, South America and Africa, traditionally adhering to a non-bloc approach in foreign policy, resolutely refused to support anti-Russian sanctions. Most Middle Eastern states are also taking a low profile on the Ukraine crisis.Germany admitted that Latin America sided with RussiaRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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 and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Western countries in response imposed sanctions against Russia. They touched mainly the banking sector and the sphere of high technologies. There are also regular calls to abandon Russian energy sources. However, disruption of technological chains has led to economic problems in Europe and the United States, primarily to higher prices for food and fuel.
