European leaders are less hostile to Russia over Ukraine than they are letting on, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
“Sometimes there is a contradiction between what they say on the podium and what they tell you tête-à-tête, when no one else hears them,” Lavrov said in an interview with the Zvezda television channel, broadcast Monday.
“Individually, an overwhelming majority of European Union members have told me things I believe to be reasonable, that it is a mistake to confront Russia over Ukraine, which itself became somewhat of a victim in the European Union’s policy, which attempted to put [Ukraine] in the …read more
Source: European Voice
