Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 19Citizens of Western countries have become hostages of their elites, who serve transnational corporations and seek maximum economic benefit, even at the expense of the lives and health of ordinary citizens, said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council.» Not only in Ukraine, ordinary citizens became hostages of the elites who seized power by deceit or force. We see the same thing in the West,» Patrushev said on Friday in Tashkent at the 17th annual meeting of the secretaries of the Security Councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries. Patrushev’s words are quoted by the press service of the Russian Security Council apparatus. The authorities of the United States, England, and EU countries serve transnational corporations instead of realizing national interests, Patrushev added. “The goal is to get the maximum economic benefit, even if it is paid for by taxes, prosperity, and often lives and the health of their citizens. As a result, ordinary Americans and Europeans continue to suffer from inflation and socio-economic problems, which is already leading to mass demonstrations and political reshuffles in the West, «said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
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