Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov addressed a Moscow body, stating: “The fact that certain circles in the United States have been and are still hatching plans to move towards eradicating Russia as a state is also undeniable. It is enough to follow the discussions that are taking place, including on political science platforms. We should not underestimate the consequences of such a mindset.”
Hence, he continued: “We need to come together as much as possible.” He emphasized that Russian society “should remain in a state of high readiness for any intrigues.” His comments came in response to a TASS report yesterday of Brazil’s President Lula da Silva reportedly saying that “Joe Biden, with whom I talked about this for a long time, believed that Russia should be destroyed.” Ryabkov added: “I assume, although it is an inadmissible term for a bureaucrat, that it meant the previous administration’s doctrinal orientation of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia.” But regardless of the occasion, Ryabkov cannot but observe that the Russophobia so obvious in Europe these days, breaks out in Washington every time U.S. President Trump dares to talk with Russian President Putin.
Ryabkov offered that the Biden administration will be remembered in history for its utter “recklessness and denial of clear facts, including the fundamental impossibility of defeating a nuclear power, especially one comparable in potential to the United States itself…. Let’s just hope that their successors will display more responsibility, including towards their own country.”
