New ‘iron curtain’ descending between Russia and West: Lavrov
2022-07-01 10:24:19 source：The Aljazeera
June 30, 2022
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that a new “iron curtain” was descending between Russia and the West.
Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine in February has triggered an overhaul of Europe’s defence and security policies, led to the historic Nordic expansion of NATO with Swedish and Finnish membership, seen the imposing of severe sanctions on Russian goods and services, and hardened anti-Russian sentiment across the continent.
Speaking at a press conference in Belarus on Thursday, the Russian foreign minister said that the “process has begun” for the closing of a new iron curtain between Russia and its Western neighbours.
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