MOSCOW, 24 Jun. The West will not be able to isolate Russia from the whole world, despite the aggravation of the Ukrainian crisis, writes the Financial Times columnist Edward Luce. According to him, the most unpleasant thing is that Washington is engaged in self-deception when it talks about the global unity of countries on the issue of confrontation with Moscow.
17:50Americans were unpleasantly surprised by Biden's confession on Ukraine»This assumption is false,» the author noted.After Russia launched a special operation to protect the Donbass, the United States and the European Union imposed numerous sanctions against it and tried to ostracize it, but their plan failed because the rest of the planet did not join the American coalition, the article says. Luce. The fact that Washington and Brussels consider the events in Ukraine an existential challenge irritates other states, and the desire of the Western world to cut ties with Russia runs into geopolitical obstacles, the columnist writes. To offset restrictive measures, China and India, for example, are creating alternative payment systems and routes for the transportation of Russian goods. In addition, they are blocking attempts to oust Moscow from the multipolar system of international relations, the journalist complained. After the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the United States and the European Union stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow. Many states have announced the freezing of Russian assets, and calls to abandon energy carriers have become louder. All this has already turned into problems for Western economies, provoking inflation, a sharp rise in fuel and food prices. for the worse after the break with Russia
