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15:26 26.11.2024 •
Head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin.
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The West is unwilling to accept the loss of its past power and is deliberately undermining the situation in key regions of the world, the Director Sergey Naryshkin said, TASS reports.
"Euro-Atlantic elites <…> stubbornly refuse to accept the loss of their former dominance. They are trying to convince the rest of the world that the only alternative to Western power is chaos, and for this purpose, they deliberately seek destabilization in key regions of the planet," he said, speaking at the 20th meeting of the heads of security and intelligence agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
The SVR chief stated that the West operates "like criminal authorities, following the logic of 'you die today, I die tomorrow.'" He noted, however, that "the revolutionary aspect of the current situation is Washington and its allies' decreasing ability to execute their destructive plans." Naryshkin added that "the main challenge they face is the innovative efforts of responsible regional powers striving to independently ensure peace and security for their nations."
Unlike the West, which "sees everywhere either itself or an object of suppression, conquest, and even robbery," Russia "proceeds from the possibility and even necessity of synergy of states and civilizations," Naryshkin stressed. "We are at the beginning of the history of coexistence of civilizations and the transformation of the world order," he added. "Just as young wine bursts old bellows, so multipolarity does not fit into Washington's global system of domination and subordination based on the dollar and the arbitrary actions of one state," Naryshkin concluded.
Today’s Ukraine is a failed country that cannot maintain its own political and economic viability, with Moldova following the same path as Ukraine, Sergey Naryshkin, said.
"We witness divisions and destabilization wherever the West has extended its tentacles. The most striking example is Ukraine. Tempted by the so-called European integration, it has turned into the United States’ main anti-Russian 'battering ram'," Naryshkin said. "As a result, Ukraine today is a failed state that cannot maintain its existence as a viable political or economic entity. And Moldova is following in its footsteps," he maintained.
The policies of Moldovan President Maia Sandu’s totalitarian regime have caused "a catastrophic polarization in society," the SVR chief stressed. The administrative resources and votes of the Moldovan diaspora in Europe determined the outcome of the recent election, he argued. "The election was won by the narrowest margin, and the ire of the deceived half of the population jeopardizes Chisinau’s further European integration and lays a time bomb beneath the integrity of the Moldovan state," Naryshkin concluded.
Western countries are facing failure in Ukraine but they will still try to create chaos in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, Sergey Naryshkin said.
"The countries of the Western bloc are facing failure in the conflict in Ukraine but we believe they will not rest. They will act in their usual manner, seeking to create chaos in our Commonwealth and around Russia," Naryshkin noted.
In this regard, he pointed to the West’s interference in elections in post-Soviet nations. "Look at the recent elections in Moldova: they involved strong pressure from the government and unprecedented foreign interference. Look at the elections in Georgia, where the West did not bother much to hide its meddling attempts aimed at staging another color revolution," the SVR chief added.
The US and its allies are engaging with nationalists in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries to implement the Ukrainian scenario on their territory, Sergey Naryshkin stated.
"Washington, London, and Brussels are exploring ways of using the so-called Ukrainian scenario against specific CIS countries. By that, I mean fueling local nationalism and advocating for integration with the West under the guise of strengthening national identity. We are receiving intel about ongoing communication between American and European agencies and nationalist parties and movements in the CIS," the SVR head said.
He emphasized that the US and British intelligence agencies have outlined "the ambitious goal of severing not just political and economic, but also deep historic and even geographical ties between the countries" of the CIS. "Affiliated non-governmental organizations and media outlets were instructed to cease acting openly in pursuit of this goal, shift focus to the so-called decolonization, and become more active in involving local academic and cultural figures, urban planners, and human rights activists," the intelligence chief added.
He also pointed out that an entire network of information analysis platforms and resources promoting anti-Russian and anti-China views is operating in Europe and Asia. "However unlikely it may seem now, generous foreign funding enables such structures to remain operational," he concluded.
US foreign policy after Donald Trump’s return to the White House will continue to be directed against integration processes in Eurasia, Sergey Naryshkin said.
"We are yet to see how Washington’s foreign policy will change, if it does, under Trump. However, I am confident that the American obsession with undermining integration processes on the Eurasian continent will remain unchanged," he noted.
"The Anglo-Saxons like to divide in order to conquer. On the contrary, we prefer to unite even tighter in order to live peacefully and safely, regardless of any external ventures by deteriorating totalitarian-liberal Western regimes," the SVR chief stressed.
Russia strongly rejects any options for freezing the conflict in Ukraine, as Moscow needs a durable peace, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin told reporters following the 20th meeting of the heads of security and intelligence agencies of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
"Russia categorically rejects any proposals to freeze the conflict, whether following the Korean scenario or any other option," he stated in response to a TASS question.
"We need a lasting and durable peace for many, many years to come. This must be secured first and foremost for us - for Russia, for our citizens. But this peace must also be ensured for the entire European continent," Naryshkin added.
The SVR chief recalled that the only way to ensure peace is to eliminate the root causes that triggered the Ukrainian conflict.
Talk of freezing the Ukrainian conflict stems from the fact that the strategic initiative on the battlefield rests with Russia Sergey Naryshkin told reporters.
"Such discussions in Western capitals are related to the fact that the strategic initiative on the battlefield fully belongs to the Russian army," the SVR chief said, replying to a question from TASS.
"Of course, in Western capitals, they have indeed stopped thinking about strategically defeating Russia and shifted to thinking about how to avoid such a defeat themselves and, if possible, retain the Russophobic, neo-Nazi regime in Kiev," Naryshkin concluded.
Russia is willing to hold talks on Ukraine based on the terms laid out by President Vladimir Putin and it’s in the West’s interests to accept them as soon as possible, Sergey Naryshkin said.
"Russia is open to talks; the Russian President set forth the conditions for such negotiations back in June, when he met with the Foreign Ministry’s leadership," he noted.
"The sooner Western capitals realize [the need to accept] the Russian President’s conditions for a peace agreement and talks, the better it will be for Ukraine, Europe and Russia, too," Naryshkin added.
The SVR director emphasized the need to establish long-term and enduring peace in Ukraine and its surrounding areas. "Peace should be guaranteed first of all for us – Russia and Russian citizens – but also for the entire European continent; however, ensuring peace requires eliminating the causes that created the so-called Ukrainian conflict," he concluded.
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