Kremlin Aide: Russia's Centuries-Long Romance With West Over
2018-04-10 10:25:50 source：USNews
April 9, 2018
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia has abandoned its centuries-long aspirations of integrating into the West and is bracing for a new era of "geopolitical loneliness," a top adviser to President Vladimir Putin warned in a magazine article released Monday.
Vladislav Surkov wrote in the piece for Russia in Global Affairs that "Russia's epic journey toward the West" is over, marking an end to its "repeated vain attempts to become part of Western civilization" over four centuries.
Surkov's article echoes statements from Putin. The Russian leader sought to forge close ties with the West after his first election in 2000, but later grew increasingly critical of the United States and its NATO allies. He accuses them of shunning Moscow's offers of cooperation and trying to sideline and weaken his country.
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