0:00 European Commission President Ursula
0:04 stated that the EU has no intention of
0:07 discussing European security
0:08 architecture with Russia until a
0:11 ceasefire agreement is reached in
0:12 Ukraine. How does Moscow view such
0:15 statements? And should they be seen as
0:17 an attempt to derail a settlement of the
0:23 At every briefing and on an almost daily
0:25 basis, we comment on the statements made
0:28 by European Commission President Ursula
0:32 and the head of the European diplomatic
0:38 You see, this confrontational
0:40 anti-Russian rhetoric
0:43 along with the unwillingness and
0:45 inability to engage in dialogue on
0:47 European security architecture and the
0:50 search for mutually acceptable solutions
0:51 to the current crisis
0:55 reflects the mindset and essence of the
1:00 specifically its leadership in Brussels,
1:02 which is obsessed with only one thing.
1:06 Perhaps it stems from some historical
1:08 phantom pains. Or perhaps it is driven
1:11 by the current crisis-ridden reality.
1:14 Everything is fixated on a single
1:16 objective, confrontation with Russia.
1:24 This is what is killing, destroying, and
1:27 tearing them apart from the inside. It
1:29 is not Russia that is destroying them,
1:32 but their desire to spite our country,
1:37 continuously framing their entire policy
1:40 in a russophobic key,
1:44 whether with a sweet smile and a hidden
1:46 agenda or with an outright grimace.
1:49 That is what is dragging them down to
1:54 And yet they believe that Russia is
1:58 It seems like literally the same words,
2:01 yet arranging them properly yields the
2:06 It is not Russia that threatens the
2:08 European Union or Western Europe.
2:14 What threatens the European Union in
2:20 is a kind of, pardon my phrasing,
2:24 pigheaded fixation on the desire to
2:26 inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.
2:33 One gets the impression that they truly
2:35 live by the motto of old lady Shapliaak.
2:38 Those who help people are just wasting
2:40 their time. You can't become famous for
2:42 doing good deeds. Remember that line
2:45 from the children's story?
2:47 It seems they believe that only
2:49 aggression, confrontation,
2:52 and an endless attempt to seize,
2:55 conquer, subjugate, appropriate, and
3:00 that only this can work to their
3:07 That is their biggest strategic mistake.
3:17 In general, our Western neighbors have
3:19 once again reverted to building a
3:21 security system in Europe, not with
3:23 Russia, but against Russia. What kind of
3:26 security system is that? That is a
3:29 system of insecurity. In the doctrinal
3:31 documents of both the European Union and
3:33 NATO, our country is designated as, and
3:37 I will give a direct quote, a long-term
3:39 threat to Euroatlantic security and
3:41 stability. As I have said, this is a
3:46 This is what strictly speaking misleads
3:48 them and sends them down a false trail.
3:55 And they are using the situation in
3:57 Ukraine, which they themselves created,
3:59 as a cover. They engineered and
4:01 implemented the entire current situation
4:07 I believe that the sooner they
4:08 acknowledge the failure of their own
4:10 policy, the better it will be. Not even
4:13 for us, but first and foremost for them.