Russia’s Foreign Ministry about “Western attempts to drive wedge between Moscow and CIS countries”

Russia sees the Western absolute attempts to take advantage of the situation around Ukraine to artificially provoke anti -Russian sentiments in the CIS countries, drive a wedge into good neighborly and mutually beneficial relations with Moscow.

This is stated in the answers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia to media questions, received by the press conference following the results of Russian diplomacy in 2022. They are published on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The department noted that “in the more and more characteristic of Westerners of the frankly boorish manner, they no longer just put friends and allies of Russia before the choice -” either with them, or against us “, but they also want to destroy the multifaceted ties that unite us.”

“This is nothing more than a frank and impudent intervention in the internal affairs of the Commonwealth states, an attempt to manipulate public consciousness and impose alien values ​​and pseudo -democratic standards. All these attempts are doomed to failure,” the Foreign Ministry emphasized. P>

The ministry believes that “the vast majority of citizens of the countries of the nearest foreign countries are able to independently figure out where the truth is and where is the lie”.

“The ongoing of Westerners we contrast the further strengthening of political and diblomatic contacts, trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation. At the same time, we use the entire arsenal of interaction in education, culture, media, interhuman communication, etc.,” the diplomatic mission noted.

In addition, the Foreign Ministry emphasized that “many countries in the post -Soviet space are strategic partners and allies for Russia, with whom we are associated with close interaction in almost all areas, a joint past and the bonds of centuries -old friendship between our peoples.”

“We consistently draw a line to preserve and increase these positive achievements and trends,” the ministry said.