
Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov: "The past three years have become a kind of 'moment of truth'. After the launch of the special military operation to protect the people of Donbass and Novorossiya, the 'collective West' exposed its true face.
The infamous rule of law and basic rules of decency were cast aside. The so-called European values, such as inviolability of property, presumption of innocence, freedom of speech and movement, access to information and so forth vanished into thin air.
Those who got used to teach everyone how to live, proclaiming themselves democrats and champions of human rights, supported the Neo-Nazi regime in Kiev without blinking an eye.
The whole world saw that the ultraliberal ruling elites of the West are driven by hegemonistic instincts.
The predatory, colonial habits of the former parent states from among the current EU and British countries, or their innate vices – arrogance, a tendency to deceive and dishonesty in doing business – have not gone away.
A new global divide was formed de-facto with the western minority on one side, and the World majority on the other.
These are all countries, as well as people of goodwill in the West, who stand for the establishment of a multipolar world supported by a balance of interests.
I think the main lesson is the following: in the main issues of the country's life we should rely only on ourselves, as well as on our trusted friends who stayed with us in the hour of trial.
As far as co-existence with western neighbors is concerned, everything will depend on their behavior and readiness to admit and correct errors made, including renouncing the maniacal desire to inflict a strategic defeat on our country."
Mike