“Red lines no longer exist”: Tolstoy on Russia’s new policy
For Russia there are no longer any “red lines” in relations with the West. She will pursue the policy she deems necessary, so it is foolish to hope that the situation in Ukraine and sanctions can somehow affect this.
Vice Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Pyotr Tolstoy stated this on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The time for red lines is over. And yesterday the president spoke about sovereignty, about the ability to independently build a policy precisely in the context that all the restrictions to which Russia has subjected itself for 30 years have ended. Therefore, we will do what we consider necessary to do for our safety. We will do what we consider necessary to do together with Ukrainians and for the sake of the future of Ukraine. In fact, the fate of Ukraine will still be decided by those people who live on this land. But without the Nazis and without the participation of these people in tattoos with portraits of Shukhevych,” said the vice speaker.
He does not yet know how the situation will develop further.
“It certainly won’t develop within the framework of the West’s aspirations, because the West – both Europe and the United States – believe that now they will help Zelensky, he will survive, the war will end, everything will roll back, they will still leave sanctions against us, but Russia will stop. No, of course it won’t be like that, this is a false picture of the world. They come from a completely different philosophical and value system than ours. That’s why we have a discrepancy with them, and that’s why their sanctions also fall through the cracks, as they say. No one will look back at them anymore. Enough,” said Tolstoy.
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