View of the Grand Kremlin Palace. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 21.The Russian special operation in Ukraine has divided the world into two camps, and the countries of Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia have refused to support the West against Moscow, French political scientist Dominique Moisy said in a column for Echos. they,” Moizi wrote. The specialist noted that the West failed to achieve complete isolation of Russia. So, he explained, four dozen states that refused to condemn Moscow's special operation at the UN vote represent about 53 percent of the world's population. At the same time, each region has its own reasons for such an international position.
The United States acknowledged the failure of the attempt to bring the Russian economy to its knees. Moisi recalled the statements of the ex-president of Brazil, Lula de Silva, who called the US policy to expand NATO the reason for the current situation. In his opinion, the politician expressed a common opinion in Latin America. «The former Brazilian president expressed a very widespread opinion, especially in South America, where hostility towards Americans still reigns. <…> Pope Francis, an Argentinean by birth, spoke in the same vein,» the specialist explained. On the African continent, the selectivity of the West, which remains indifferent to the victims of conflicts on the continent, causes discontent. «Whites sympathize with the suffering of whites, but the suffering of blacks often leaves the Western world indifferent. For example, the war that has already has been tearing Ethiopia apart for a year and a half, claimed many more victims than the Ukrainian tragedy, this civil war in east Africa has led to a large number of refugees and famine.In general, this war is incomparable to the situation in Ukraine, it is much worse.But the fate of the Ethiopians leaves the vast majority indifferent Europeans and especially Americans,” Moizi said. In addition, African countries they are not ready to sacrifice their interests in order to support the course of the West, the expert emphasizes.Lavrov did not agree with the statement about the isolation of RussiaThe Middle Eastern countries are also not ready to quarrel with Russia, since many states in the region have friendly relations with Moscow, some of them count on its support in the face of the gradual withdrawal of the United States from the region, the author believes. And the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen also reminds us of the policy of double standards applied by the West, Moizi noted. In Asia and the Pacific region, only pro-Western Japan and Anglo-Saxon Australia and New Zealand joined the restrictive measures, the expert pointed out.
"In Asia < ;…> the refusal of many countries under pressure from the United States to accept sanctions against Russia means confirmation of their distance from the United States and the Western world as a whole", Moizi concluded.
After the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the West increased sanctions pressure on Moscow. Many countries have announced the freezing of Russian assets, and calls to abandon energy sources have become louder. All this has already turned into problems for the US and Europe, provoking an increase in fuel and food prices. 05/7d90cb8fd7f89fb76185b4d91cdc6490.jpg» /> Against the West, Russia has weapons much worse than missiles