RT news agency reported that during an interview conducted earlier this week with Ukraina.ru, Aleksey Pushkov, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, who previously served as chairman of the State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his view that there will be peace between Russia and the United States only when a “new world order” is established.
“The US is a hegemon [sic] that is gradually losing its position in the world. They suffered a very serious defeat in the Middle East, they lost Syria, they lost the battle for Afghanistan, they were forced to withdraw almost all of their troops from Iraq at the end of 2021.
“[US officials] are trying to maintain their dominant influence by having conflicts simultaneously with Russia and China, although with different degrees of intensity.
Pushkov emphasized that the political and financial elite of the United States “believe that they are the only ones who can run the world,” and want to prevent any other nation from taking the lead.
