Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Archival photoMOSCOW, May 26.Moscow appreciates the objective position of the Arab countries on Ukraine and their refusal to join the anti-Russian sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. «We appreciate that the countries of the Arab world refuse to be led the West and objectively assess what is happening in Ukraine, understanding the reasons that led to the current situation and consisting in the categorical refusal of our Western colleagues to agree on equal and indivisible security in our common region, and do not join anti-Russian sanctions,» Lavrov said during an interview with the TV channel RT Arabic.
The United States is playing the neo-Ottoman cardRussian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24 a special military operation in Ukraine in response to the request of the leaders of the Donbass republics to help. He stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories, and the goals are the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The United States and its allies responded by imposing large-scale sanctions against the Russian Federation and began supplying arms to Kyiv.
