Patriotic graffiti. Archival photoMOSCOW, 26 May. US attempts to reduce Russia to the level of a pariah are doomed to failure. The American publication Politico came to this conclusion. The fact is, the publication says, that for the rest of the world, except for the United States and Europe, the Russian special operation in Ukraine is nothing more than a regional conflict. Countries like India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and Indonesia prefer to defend their own economic and strategic interests. South Africa, in turn, believes that Washington, with its obsessive desire to expand NATO, itself exacerbated the crisis, which subsequently resulted in a confrontation. Many countries put their national interests above US calls to isolate Russia — and did not impose any sanctions, the author of the article states. These states, in particular Turkey and Israel, believe that international efforts should focus on negotiations on Ukraine, and the special operation is not a reason to isolate Russia, much less weaken it. They are convinced that a public condemnation of the actions of official Moscow will not put an end to the confrontation, the material says. 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 of the states of the Middle East also take a reserved position on the situation in Ukraine. military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. By the end of March, they managed to «significantly reduce the combat potential of Ukraine.» The main goal of the operation in the department was 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, the disruption of technological chains has led to economic problems in Europe and the United States, primarily to higher prices for food and fuel.
