Lavrov: West using 'rogue tools' on Russia & China

Jonny Tickle
RT
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 20:57 UTC

The US is attempting to punish Russia and China through sanctions, provocations, and media campaigns, because they are acting independently and not doing what the West dictates, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

Speaking to the State Duma, the country's parliament, Lavrov accused the "US-led Westerners" of seeking to secure a unilateral advantage by ignoring the interests of other nations, and sanctioning them when they don't fall in line.

"Dissenters who pursue independent policies, primarily our country and China, are punished by the West with all kinds of rogue tools like sanctions of various kinds, demonization in the media, provocations by special services, and many other ways," he said.

According to Lavrov, Washington and other Western capitals are trying to impose their own vision of the world on other countries, calling it a "rules-based order."

"Under this concept, the West claims the right to develop rules in various areas, completely ignoring the principle of genuine, universal multilateralism, which is embodied in the UN, and therefore undermining international law," the Russian foreign minister said.

This isn't the first time that Lavrov has slammed Western nations for what he sees as an attempt to cause an imbalance in the architecture of global governance, and he has previously accused some countries of illegally using force and unilaterally imposing sanctions "without the approval by the UN Security Council."

Last year, the Russian foreign minister suggested that the UN, in its current form, has "excessive representation of the West," proposing that more countries be invited to the Security Council. As things stand, it is made up of 15 countries, including five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There are no permanent representatives from Africa, southern Asia, or South America.

According to Lavrov, the current rules allow the West to "lay down the law" around the world.

Reader Comments

Rowan Cocoan · 2022-01-27T21:13:46Z

Smart play, as expected. Such increases the likelihood (which is never a sure thing) of China and Russia cooperating etc.

One more reason why he's my favorite world diplomat.*

"Dissenters who pursue independent policies, primarily our country and China, are punished by the West with all kinds of rogue tools like sanctions of various kinds, demonization in the media, provocations by special services, and many other ways," he said.

The writer should have made this more clear as I've now corrected:

According to Lavrov, Washington and other Western capitals are trying to impose their own vision of the world on other countries, which they call a "rules-based order."

This made me remeber:

As things stand, it is made up of 15 countries, including five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

I've got to guess that the change from USSR to Russia there must have had some horse trading involved which would be relevant to Russia's current and valid Ukraine concerns.

*Blinken is my #2. Not.

RC

sbc · 2022-01-27T23:40:10Z

They're trying to screw Russia in an attempt to reign in China. My opinion.

its not about Russia at all.

alexal60 · 2022-01-28T12:57:15Z

Ukrainian paramilitary formations have started the distribution of MANPADS.

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, said that the situation in Ukraine is becoming extremely difficult, due to the fact that portable anti-aircraft missile systems are actively being transferred to Ukrainian paramilitary formations. According to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the situation resembles a psychosis, which could lead to a complete destabilization of the situation in the region.

The situation in Ukraine is currently completely uncontrollable, which can lead to irreparable consequences and even provoke a full-scale armed conflict, including with Russia, while the provocations that the AFU can organize could very well be organized on purpose.

“I'm not ruling out that someone wants to provoke hostility. And the Kiev regime does not control a huge number of military personnel. According to the West, also, in my opinion, there are about 100,000 on the contact line. And the Kiev regime does not control most of these armed people. They are already distributing MANPADS: this is information that is actively circulating in the media. They are encouraged to bring shotguns with them, as there are not enough MANPADs for everyone. It's just such a militaristic psychosis, "said Sergey Lavrov.

The situation in the Donbass has indeed worsened very seriously, because contrary to the declarations of Kiev on the commitment to a peaceful solution of the problems in the Donbass, the military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces arbitrarily attack the positions of the DPR and LPR militias, and sabotage groups and reconnaissance penetrate into the territory controlled by the militia and create provocations, which evidently does not lead to the stabilization of the situation.

There are very significant risks that after the transfer of foreign weapons to paramilitaries, and we are talking about British and American anti-tank systems, the latter may start to be used chaotically against civilians, including Russian citizens.