Alexey Pushkov. Archival photoMOSCOW, 12 Jul. Senator Alexei Pushkov commented on the statement by EU diplomat Josep Borrell that the «global battle of narratives» on Ukraine is «in full swing», and the EU's position on this issue is not predominant. As Borrell admitted after the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers, while the G7 states and their associates are «united in condemning Russia and imposing sanctions against it», other countries «often take a different point of view». >China explained how the whole world will answer for new sanctions against Russia»The lack of success of the EU in the» global battle of narratives «which the head of EU foreign policy speaks of, consists of several factors. Firstly, the Western alliance fails to hold Russia responsible for military conflict in Ukraine. The world is well aware that NATO refused to give security guarantees to Russia, on the contrary, it tried to turn Ukraine into a military foothold against Russia,» Pushkov wrote in his Telegram channel. Secondly, as the senator noted, the Western sanctions war against Russia dealt a blow to the entire world economy and complicated the situation of many non-Western countries, which primarily blame the initiators of the sanctions for this. and growing social discontent in the Western world itself. Why and for what? «national, and therefore unconvincing,» Pushkov expressed his opinion. In addition, many non-Western states do not consider it necessary to turn against Russia, believing that it is necessary and profitable to deal with a country that has weight in the world energy and economy, the senator continued. “That is why the United States never managed to put together a global coalition against Russia,” he concluded. After the start of the Russian special operation to protect Donbass from Ukrainian nationalists, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Moscow. Many states have announced the freezing of Russian assets, calls have become louder to abandon energy from Russia. These measures dealt a serious blow to Western countries and the global economy — they led to an increase in inflation and food and fuel prices. twenty»
