.jpg?v1686890967 "Maria Zakharova commented on the situation with the undermining of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the next accusations of the West")
.jpg?v1686890967 "Maria Zakharova commented on the situation with the undermining of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the next accusations of the West")
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is being held in the northern capital of Russia. On its sidelines, a briefing was held by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
She commented on the main directions in foreign policy and answered questions from the media. Traditionally, the correspondent of The Moscow Post asked his question.
The focus was on the recent incident with the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which suffered from the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"In connection with the undermining of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and answering a question from the International Life magazine, Russian Foreign Minister S.V. Lavrov called on UN Secretary General A. Guterres to" look into the UN Charter more often so as not to forget about the range of his powers and responsibilities. " Could you explain what exactly the minister meant?, " our journalist asked.
Answering the question, Maria Zakharova recalled the words of Guterres.
Guterres said that "regardless of who is responsible for undermining the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the incident itself would not have happened if not for the actions of Russia in a broader plan."
The diplomat said that this is a thesis that was thrown in by Westerners. Like, everything that "they are children" would not do, Russia is still allegedly to blame for all this, because it started all this.
In response to this particular thesis, the minister spoke out, she explained.
And she added: "He clarified that if we reason in the categories of subjunctive moods, then... although it is necessary to conduct an investigation and find those really responsible... but if, nevertheless, we look into some past that motivated such actions, then the whole situation on the western borders of Russia would not have escalated if Western countries had not supported the bloody unconstitutional coup in Ukraine. "
She recalled that as a result of this coup, a regime came to power "aimed not at building good-neighborly relations or democracy only within its own country, but at oppressing the Russian-speaking population on the territory of Ukraine and using or delegating its territory" to Western states in order to build what the President said - "Anti-Russia."