Macron: Russia is one of the last colonial and imperialist powers

THE Emmanuel Macron visited Benin and among other things, launched a fierce attack on Russia on the occasion of war in Ukrainestressing that Moscow is “one of the last colonial, imperialist powers”.

According to Agence France-Presse, the French president said that “Russia has launched an attack on Ukraine, a war of territorial conquest, which we thought had disappeared from Europe. A war that we saw at the beginning of the 20th, even the 19th century”.

Russia is one of the last colonial, imperialist powers“, deciding “to invade a neighboring country in order to defend its interests there”, Macron emphasized.

According to the French president, who is touring Africa at the same time as the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, “Russia has launched a new type, hybrid, global war.” “He decided that information, energy and food are military tools in the service of an imperialist war against Ukraine,” Macron said.

He also accused Moscow of a disinformation campaign, saying it is one of the countries using “propaganda media”.

He once again denounced Moscow’s “blackmail” in the food security sector, “because they blocked grain in Ukraine”, but also in the energy sector. In a similar style were the criticisms made by Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Cameroon.

Source: News Beast

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