„All parties have already got public opinion at home into the shape that they desired. This goal is fulfilled and now they need to see how they will cooperate with Russia in the new situation,“ he said in a phone interview from Kiev. (…)
„I am seriously worried that after this Ukrainian escalation we will adopt the idea that there is some kind of historical confrontation, that we do not need the world‘s expertise,“ he said. (…)
„Half of the responsibility for this whole crisis lays with the hawkish rhetoric from all sides. The way what is happening is described in Washington, Kiev and Moscow resembles a wartime discourse, which completely blocks any compromise,“ Pavlovsky told The St. Petersburg Times in a phone interview. (…)
The British cross-party Commons Committee on Arms Export Controls on Wednesday accused the British government of failing to halt arms exports to Russia, saying that export licenses worth $225 million still remain in force.
The revelation prompted accusations of hypocrisy directed at British Prime Minister David Cameron.(..)
The head of France‘s ruling Socialist party, Jean-Christophe Cambadelis, said that Cameron must „start by cleaning up his own backyard,“ referring to the number of Russian oligarchs in Britain and the strength of financial ties between Moscow and London.