Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov penned a Nov. 10 article, based on his remarks to the Oct. 30–31 G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, which delivers a pointed assessment of the economic and foreign policies of the West on global security.

“In an ideal world,” Lavrov wrote, “the global economy and international security should complement each other and jointly provide a foundation for peaceful coexistence and shared prosperity. Instead, the economy is increasingly becoming an arena of confrontation, with trade wars being unleashed to suppress geopolitical competitors in the wake of hot wars.”

This is what is behind the West’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, Lavrov states.

“The objective process of the emergence of a multipolar world order is being met with outright hostility in the West. In keeping with a colonial mindset that has by no means disappeared, the rising centers of growth in the Global South and East are being denied the right to participate in global governance in proportion to their weight in international affairs.”