TASS reported Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova having stated that “unilateral coercive measures represent a serious obstacle to establishing a just and equitable multipolar world order. They constitute one of the primary instruments of the collective West’s neocolonial policy. Their objective is clear: to cling to slipping dominance, to deprive the global majority of the right to independent political choice, and to hinder their economic, technological, and industrial development.”
“Everyone knows that the collective West frequently resorts to this, primarily motivated by geopolitical interests,” Zakharova continued. “It is widely acknowledged that unilateral coercive measures, by obstructing the full socio-economic development of countries in the Global South and East, undermine the resolution of crisis situations. Their indiscriminate application violates fundamental human rights and freedoms, disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable populations, as has been repeatedly condemned in resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council,” Zakharova added.
