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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
While the war tragically continues in Ukraine and France continues to ask Moscow for a ceasefirethe Russian Foreign Minister made astonishing remarks about Emmanuel Macron during an interview with the Russian continuous news channel RBK.
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«Europe is ready to accept in any form the rules of the world order set by the United Statessaid Sergei Lavrov. «Finally, there is only Emmanuel Macron who continues to recall the need for strategic autonomy for the European Union. The other member countries have already folded in front of the United States“, Criticized the Russian minister.
Unusual remarks
These remarks provoked comments in Russia, and in particular those of the conservative newspaper Vzgliad, as reported International mail. «It is not usual for Russian diplomacy to speak personally of a Western leader and even less positively even as Western countries together wage an economic war against Russia.“, reports the Russian newspaper.
Yes Emmanuel Macron has been campaigning since the start of his presidency for European strategic autonomy – without results for as much -, the Russian media underlines other points since the beginning of the war likely to have allured the Russian government.
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«The Swedish Ikea has closed its stores in Russia unlike the French Leroy Merlin», raises Vzgliad who adds that Emmanuel Macron has received some fifteen major French bosses to invite them not to leave Russia in a hurry, information revealed by Le Figaro.