Lavrov Russia FM Interview With China’s Xinhua News Agency on Ukraine Situation, April 30, 2022

“Russia’s special operation in Ukraine is contributing to the process of freeing the world from the neo-colonial oppression of the West,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency.

He noted that “those who pursue an independent course in domestic and foreign policy, the Westerners are trying to suppress by the most brutal methods.” – “And not only Russia. We see how ‘bloc thinking’ is being imposed in the Asia-Pacific region … In the spirit of the archaic ‘Monroe Doctrine’, the United States seeks to dictate how and by what standards to live in Latin America … In this vein, and the ongoing pressure on Belarus. This list can be continued,” Lavrov added.