Go to media bankJohn Bolton. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 6Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said the United States needs a Russia that could join NATO.»Washington's obvious strategic goal is a Russia close to the West, a suitable candidate for NATO, which is what we hoped for after the collapse of the Soviet Union,» Bolton writes in 19Fortyfive.The ambassador in Washington said that no one in the United States is in the mood for a dialogue with Russia. Bolton, who previously admitted to organizing coup d'état abroad, spoke in favor of a change of power in Russia, allegedly for the sake of prospects for peace and security in Europe. He offered to help «Russian dissidents» who, in his opinion, should convince the people in power to undertake regime change. .At official briefings, the White House has repeatedly stated that it does not aim to change the government in Russia. When US President Joe Biden said at home in March that the Russian leader “cannot remain in power,” Washington clarified that Biden did not mean a change of power in the Russian Federation. impossible, but there is no need to «make a fuss». The politician also did not rule out that China could take additional measures to support Moscow, even military ones. During a television interview in July, Bolton admitted that he had been involved in organizing coups d'état in other parts of the world in the past, and pointed to the painstaking nature of such work. The statement drew criticism both in Russia and in a number of other countries. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the words of the ex-adviser require a reaction and analysis, because «it is important to know in which other parts of the world the United States planned a coup.» The Chinese Foreign Ministry called Bolton's words confirmation that the overthrow of power in other states has become the basis of US foreign policy, while Venezuela has compared US administrations to criminal gangs. number in the US
