RUSSIA’S overseas minister has issued a chilling warning to the West, claiming its “500-year domination of the world” is coming to an finish.
In an handle streamed as we speak in Qatar, Putin crony Sergei Lavrov likened the struggle in Ukraine to Russia’s previous battles with Hitler’s and Napoleon’s armies – and mentioned his nation was now stronger than ever.
The 73-year-old, who’s sanctioned by the UK and the EU, described the “hybrid struggle” that the West is supposedly waging in opposition to Russia as being primarily based on “cancel tradition”.
And he professed the West would quickly see Russia has grown extra highly effective because of the continuing battle in Ukraine.
Lavrov mentioned: “At first of nineteenth century, Napoleon assembled nearly all the Europe to assault Russia and we defeated him and we grew to become stronger after that aggression.
“In the midst of final century, Hitler did the identical. He put beneath his command a lot of the European international locations to launch in opposition to Russia. He was defeated as effectively and we grew to become stronger after that struggle.
“And the results of the struggle launched by the USA utilizing Ukraine in opposition to Russia is already seen … the principle outcome for us and for others by the way in which, who will really feel this outcome later, is that Russia has already turn into a lot stronger than it was earlier than these occasions.
“And this would be the case after the struggle has completed.”
When requested about the potential of a ceasefire or peace between the warring international locations, Lavrov mentioned it was “as much as the Ukrainians to recognise how deep they’re within the gap the place the People put them.”
He added: “You may need to name Mr Zelensky as a result of a year-and-a-half in the past he signed a decree prohibiting any negotiations with Putin.”
The explosive interview with Al Jazeera comes after the USA on Friday vetoed a proposed UN Safety Council demand for a right away humanitarian ceasefire within the struggle between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Lavrov addressed the battle as we speak, saying: “We strongly condemned the terrorist assault in opposition to Israel on October 7.
“On the identical time, we don’t imagine it’s acceptable to make use of this occasion for the collective punishment of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian folks with indiscriminate shelling.”
He mentioned that for there to be “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza “some form of monitoring on the bottom” was wanted.
In the meantime, former Russian president and shut Putin crony Dmitry Medvedev has predicted “new rivers of blood will movement” and claimed the globe hadn’t been nearer to a nuclear World Conflict Three because the Cuban Missile Disaster in 1962.
He lambasted the Biden administration’s makes an attempt to pressure the US congress to approve extra navy assist for Ukraine and mentioned: “By no means have they extorted a lot cash for a minor state [Ukraine] that’s within the technique of collapse.
“By no means have they so aggressively and overtly extracted cash for a rustic that overtly corrupted the present President of the United States and members of his household.”
It’s understood the final assertion was in reference to allegations of shady enterprise dealings linked to Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, in Kyiv.