The Kremlin announced that relations between Russia and Western countries, as they existed before the war in Ukraine, will not be restored. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, declared that Moscow no longer trusts the West.
Sergei Lavrov accused Western countries of having lied in the past and of continuing to do so. This accusation comes in the context of growing tensions between Russia and the West.
The Russian position indicates a definitive break with pre-conflict diplomacy. Moscow appears to be setting a new paradigm in its international relations with the Western bloc.
