© RIA Novosti. Yekaterina ShtukinaRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a Sunday interview with Russia Today
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev criticized on Sunday the West's interference in the Middle East, describing it as a "bull in a china shop."
In an interview with Russia Today international news TV channel, Medvedev said he agreed with the interviewer that the West often purposefully pushed whole nations to the point of no return, beyond which it was very difficult to convince the warring sides to attempt negotiations.
"Our Western partners sometimes behave like a bull in a china shop - they squeeze in, crush everything and then don't know what to do next. I often find myself astonished at their analysts and how inconsistent their projects are that they push through by their superiors and at the outcomes they get," Medvedev told Russia Today.
"If we're being completely honest, what good did the Arab Spring bring to the Arab world? Did it bring freedom? A little, at best. In most countries it led to endless bloodshed, regime change, and continuous unrest. I have no illusions about that either. As for the pushing you mentioned, yes, unfortunately, that's true," Medvedev said.