Member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Deputy Maria Butina, on January 15, reacted to the statement by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland that Washington was preparing 18 scenarios in the event of a Russian “attack” on Ukraine.
Butina believes that the United States “themselves come up with scenarios in which we (Russia. – Ed.) do not participate, and draw conclusions from them themselves.”
“What is happening now on the part of the States makes me feel like some kind of delirium. Because they themselves come up with scenarios in which we do not participate, and draw conclusions from them themselves. Moreover, they are going to punish us, according to those scenarios to which we have nothing to do … I simply have never seen more absurdity in international relations than in the current period, ”the parliamentarian said in an interview with Izvestia.
She also called the US position the principle of “megaphone diplomacy”, which, in her opinion, has nothing to do with serious negotiations and interaction between countries.
“This is purely a PR game. Who will shout louder and come up with some slogan or thesis brighter … We do not play megaphone diplomacy. The Russians take a long time to harness, but they go fast. We’ll get tired of it soon. And this, perhaps, should be feared by our “sworn” friends … Should Russia behave in the same way, I think that it does not. That would be unworthy behavior on our part,” Butina said.
The parliamentarian noted that “the positions of the Russian authorities today in the international arena are calm and calm.”
“From the Western screamers, we see only continuous hysterics. They, apparently, simply have nothing more to oppose, ”Butina concluded.
Earlier in the day, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said the U.S. had prepared 18 scenarios in the event of a “Russian invasion” of Ukraine.
Dmitry Belik, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, noted that the United States continues to “clog the information space” with such statements. Belik stressed that these provocations have no basis, they only “puff up hysteria.”
In recent weeks, a number of Western media reported on the alleged plans of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. So, on January 7, The New York Times compiled and published a map with the alleged location of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine.
Moscow has repeatedly rejected such data. On December 23, during a press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin answered a question about alleged plans to invade Ukraine. According to him, because of such statements, one gets the impression that the Ukrainian side is “preparing a third operation” in the Donbass.
Source: IZ
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