Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a briefing in Moscow. File photoROME, Jun 6The collective West, led by the United States, has long embarked on the path of breaking off relations with Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Italian TV channel La7. «The collective West, led by the United States, has begun to dominate the EU space. From a political point of view, the European Union does not exist without the United States. And this Collective West, led by the United States, has long moved to break off relations with Russia. At first, we were not given the opportunity to build gas pipelines to Europe. Who did this? The United States, which forbade, in particular, Germany to build a gas pipeline, saying that Europe should not receive Russian gas,” Zakharova said. According to her, another example of this problem is the visa facilitation negotiations that have been going on for 20 years. “It was the EU that practically interrupted these negotiations and facilitated the visa regime for Moldova without explaining anything to us,” the representative emphasized Foreign Ministry.
Russian Lesson: The World No Longer Trusts the WestRelations between Russia and the West have worsened over the situation in Ukraine. The European Union, the United States and some other states have imposed new sanctions on individuals, banks and companies. They also closed the sky for Russian aircraft. Restrictive measures turned into economic problems for the States themselves and their allies and rising prices for fuel and products. According to President Vladimir Putin, the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of unfriendly countries, and the main goal of the United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Putin stressed, 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, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass.
