[RIA Novosti] The collective West, led by the United States, has long embarked on the path of breaking off relations with Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the air of the Italian TV channel La7.
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"The collective West, led by the United States, began to dominate the EU space . From a political point of view, the European Union does not exist without the United States. And this Collective West, led by the United States, has long since moved on to breaking off relations with Russia.
At first, we were not given the opportunity to build gas pipelines to Europe. Who did it? The United States, which forbade, in particular, Germany to build a gas pipeline, saying that Europe should not receive Russian gas," Zakharova said.
According to her, another example of this problem is the visa facilitation talks that have been going on for 20 years.
“It was the EU that practically interrupted these negotiations and facilitated the visa regime for Moldova without explaining anything to us,” the representative of the foreign ministry emphasized.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated due to the situation in Ukraine. The European Union, the United States and some other states have imposed new sanctions on individuals, banks and companies. They also closed the sky for Russian aircraft. Restrictive measures turned into economic problems for the States themselves and their allies and rising prices for fuel and products.
According to President Vladimir Putin , the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for unfriendly countries, and the main goal of the United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
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Host of the Italian channel La7 became ill after an interview with Zakharova
[REGNUM] The host of the La7 channel on Italian television, Massimo Giletti, felt unwell after completing an interview with the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. The incident occurred on June 6 during a conversation between the TV presenter and the guests of the Non è l'Arena program.
Giletti was in touch with the studio in Rome from Moscow, and after completing the interview with Zakharova via Skype, he began to discuss it with the guests of the TV show. However, after a few minutes, the guests of the program and co-host Giletti noticed that he was uneasy. The co-host shouted: “Help Massimo!” After which the ad block was turned on, the incident itself was not shown on the air.
After the advertisement, co-host Giletti explained that his health suddenly worsened and the program continued without him. The Italian journalist returned to the air some time later and explained that the cause of the malaise could be a lack of sugar or unusually cool weather in Moscow. Giletti's first aid, according to him, was provided by Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov.
Earlier , REGNUM reported that the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova , spoke about the iron curtain that the EU is building around Russia and about who benefits from the break in relations between Europe and Russia.