Nikita Mikhalkov: Anti-Russian statements of the West are similar to manifestation of self-doubt
The statements of the representatives of the highest authorities of Western countries that Russia is "an aggressive country that threatens not only its neighbors, but the whole world" is already difficult to surprise anyone. These theses are promoted day by day. And they have no end, no edge.
This topic was also raised by President Vladimir Putin during his press conference. He noted that the Western special services, even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, continued their attempts to destroy Russia as well, despite the fact that in the 90s Russia itself proclaimed a pro-Western course. Putin recalled that even the Russian nuclear weapon was under the control of American observers. But, apparently, this did not seem enough to Washington - sponsorship of extremism and terrorism in the North Caucasus began.
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And today, when the Western "partners" failed to plunge Russia into the chaos of internecine wars, when our country withstood even the most difficult periods, a feeling of imperfectness arises. Even a kind of resentment that Russia did not fall apart and fell at his feet. In such a situation, all statements about Moscow's "aggressive" intentions look like a manifestation of the Western fear that was passed on to individual Western officials and generals since the Cold War, from the era of the Soviet Union.
Nikita Mikhalkov, in his Besogon episode, reflects on this, giving specific examples and calling the British Foreign Minister, who climbed onto a tank in a bulletproof vest in Estonia and threatened Russia, a “sheep”. According to Mikhalkov, all this anti-Russian rhetoric is similar either to hysteria or to statements by fussy and insecure in themselves, despite their external visual power.
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