Its Deputy Foreign Minister Russia, Alexander Grusko, who is -among other things- and “operator” of many Greek-Russian issues, as well as his country’s relations with NATO and international organizations, sent the strong message that Moscow will respond harshly to pressure from the West.
“If we continue to face hostile manifestations, whether it is sanctions or attempts at military pressure, of course we will respond and defend our interests hard.” Grusko said on the sidelines of the Primakov Readings conference in honor of prominent Soviet and Russian politician Yevgeny Primakov.
According to the Russian high-ranking diplomat, the relations between Russia and the EU have been “at zero, which does not allow us to move forward” and in his assessment “The current state of affairs runs counter to the deeper interests of the Europeans themselves”, That’s why “There is a growing awareness that Russia’s relations with the EU are abnormal.”
Commenting in particular on the situation surrounding Belarus ‘airspace, Grusko said that the decision of some airlines to bypass Belarus’ airspace alone “poses a threat to their customers” because it eliminates a proven route, completely safe, followed by hundreds, if not thousands of flights daily.
However, Moscow will comply with the requests to change the flight plans, which have Russian destinations, only that this can not happen. “With a flick of the finger, as some of our partners are trying to present, who initially make some decisions, but, obviously, can not think even two steps forward,” Grusco said, insisting that for security reasons many procedures and arrangements are needed to replace existing flight plans and find new slots.
Russia: Denounces demonization by the West
As an example of “demonization” of Russia by the West, described Moscow’s intention to cooperate “openly and honestly” in order to achieve the widest possible and completely depoliticized cooperation in dealing with the pandemic of coronavirus and the use of vaccines, however “even this one was demonized and presented as another tool of Russian political influence”.
According to Russian news agencies and APE-MPE, Grusko told reporters that “Russia was ready not only to sell its vaccines, but also to cooperate in their production and transfer its technology” and found that “judging by the growing interest, including in EU countries, in cooperating with us in this field, it is nevertheless proof that the seeds of logic are penetrating this concrete ground.”
According to Alexander Grusko, the deterioration of the military situation in Europe is artificially deteriorating, as in his estimation “The Cold War had to be a thing of the past, but NATO failed to adapt to new security realities and returned to the ‘source’, the need to defend its members from the threat from the East.”
According to the Russian agency Ria Novosti, citing Grusko’s statements at the “Primakov Readings” conference, today they are essentially “imposing on Russia an agenda, which should have remained somewhere in the early 1950s of the last century.
The Arabologist Yevgeny Primakov (1929-2015) was a journalist, academic, diplomat, member of parliament, director of intelligence services, foreign minister and prime minister of Russia and the USSR and is considered one of the fundamental “inspirers” of foreign policy against Russia. during the presidency of Putin and one of the proponents of the theory of the “end of monopoly” and the “multipolar world”.
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