Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that “the prospects for negotiations between Russia and the West are non-existent at this stage,” and any supposed calls for peace are merely being used to buy time for Ukraine to regroup and rearm. Lavrov’s comments were made during an interview published on Aug. 19 with International Affairs (Международная жизнь), a journal of Russia’s Foreign Ministry. (https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1900998/)
Lavrov said that the “Americans and their satellites are trying to slow down the natural evolution of international relations and the formation of a multipolar system, or even reverse the process,” and that they are not averse to using “inappropriate and illegal methods, including the use of force or unilateral sanctions (not approved by the UN Security Council), information and psychological warfare, etc., in order to bend the world to suit their needs.
“Today’s West is steered by people like Josep Borrell who divide the world into a blooming ‘garden’ and ‘the jungle,’ where the latter clearly applies to most of humanity. I dare say, this racist worldview certainly prevents them from accepting the onset of multipolarity. The political and economic establishment in Europe and the United States reasonably fear that the transition to a multipolar system will entail serious geopolitical and economic losses, the final dismantling of globalization in its current form tailored according to Western templates. They are primarily spooked by the prospect of losing the opportunity to exploit the rest of the world, fueling their own fast-track economic growth at the expense of others.”
