Russia attempts to 'shake up' the West.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that there have been attempts by the West to undermine and diminish the role of the Soviet Union.
According to TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview that for many years, Russia has tried to "shake up" the West in its fight against attempts to erase history.
"We have been trying to sway them for many years now. Indeed, long before the special military campaign, the tendency to erase and forget history, the attempts to equate victors and vanquished, the attempts to weaken and diminish the role of the Soviet Union, were carried out quite strongly and for a long time," the Russian Foreign Minister emphasized.
Lavrov said: "In my contacts with German diplomats over the last seven or eight years, perhaps at least, that thought has appeared more and more frequently. I won't quote, but I'll convey what they have conveyed to us: 'Dear colleagues, we have paid everyone for everything. We owe no one anything anymore.' This is a very alarming appeal."
For the past three years, the conflict in Ukraine has ceased to be a military clash between Russia and Ukraine, and has become a war between Russia and the West.
Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of South-East Norway, said that the West has run out of tools to pressure Russia.
"I don't think we can continue to put pressure on Russia. I don't think we have any cards left to play. Where is the leverage? I don't see any," the expert warned. At the same time, Professor Diesen argued that Russia is becoming stronger every day and will never give up its stated demands, no matter how Western countries try to threaten or impose their position."
