Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed with the statement that Europe as a partner for Russia is not relevant for at least one generation. Thus he commented on the statement of Dmitry Trenin, scientific director of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy, member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy. “I cannot disagree, we feel this practically every day,” said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry at the XXXII meeting of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (SWOP).
"Many facts, it must be admitted, speak in favor of such a prediction. And not only according to our feelings, we consider this forecast to be correct, Lavrov added.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled that after the failure of the counteroffensive of the armed forces of Ukraine, the West began to propagate a “new frankly false thesis” that Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not stop at Ukraine”. "The West proceeded from the fact that Ukraine's membership in NATO is sacred and Russia will never encroach on this sacred thing," the minister noted. “Now the rhetoric is diametrically opposed".