On Sunday, June 8, TASS news agency published a lengthy interview on its Russian-language site with Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the founder of the Schiller Institute, titled, “Expert Zepp-LaRouche: the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Cannot Resist Russia. The founder of the international Schiller Institute stressed that escalation could lead to the destruction of humanity in a global war.”
Here is an edited version of the machine translation of the Russian-language interview:
WASHINGTON, June 8. /TASS Corr. Sergei Yumatov/. The countries of the “Coalition of the Willing” risk unleashing a Third World War, while not having the ability to confront Russia without the support of the United States. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the international Schiller Institute, made this assessment in an interview with a TASS correspondent.
“The threat of further escalation is extremely high, since the parts of the European establishment that have formed the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ seem to be completely detached from the reality that, firstly, escalation could lead to the destruction of humanity in a global thermonuclear war, and secondly, that it will be many years before Europe has the troops or weapons to win a conflict with Russia,” the expert noted. “Since the countries of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ cannot confront Russia without the support of the United States, they are not interested in continuing the dialogue between [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [American leader Donald] Trump,” she stated.
Asked about Ukraine’s recent attack on Russian military airfields, Zepp-LaRouche recalled that preparations for this terrorist attack began during the presidency of Trump’s predecessor in the highest government post, Joe Biden. In her opinion, the current head of the administration “should investigate whether the same elements of the [U.S.] security apparatus that almost derailed his first presidential term with the fabricated Russiagate story are behind this attack.”
In the current situation on the international arena, according to the expert, it is necessary to listen to the leaders of the countries of the Global Majority, who must “awaken the world’s population with a reminder of the threat [of global conflict] and offer an alternative to cooperation.” “The issue of creating a new global architecture of security and development must be put on the international agenda,” Zepp-LaRouche believes.
According to her assessment, “the vast majority of the world’s population is aware of the threat of escalation” and “would welcome consideration of a new security architecture, whether at the UN General Assembly, at the BRICS summit, or at a conference of associations representing the Global Majority, such as the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), the African Union, CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States).” Such a conference, according to the expert, could be held in the spirit of the Peace of Westphalia.
Earlier, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu warned in an interview with TASS that the introduction of “peacekeepers” into the historical territories of Russia could lead to a Third World War. He drew attention to the fact that the “Coalition of the Willing” is making plans to introduce a military contingent into Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly stated that the presence of NATO troops under any flag and in any capacity on Ukrainian soil is a threat to Russia; Moscow will not accept this under any circumstances.
