West has zero chance to bring Russia to its knees: Russian senator
A top Russian senator says the West has a zero chance to bring the country to its knees amid the Ukraine war, which has been sponsored by the United States and its allies.
Chairwoman of the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia’s parliament) Valentina Matviyenko said on Sunday that fifteen months after "the start of the special military operation, it is perfectly clear that there are zero chances to crush our country and bring it to its knees."
"Russia’s victory in the conflict around Ukraine is inevitable," the senator said.
Matviyenko said Russia has managed within the shortest time possible to adapt the state, society and the economy to new realities, "without deteriorating the quality of people’s life, without any flip-flopping in the public and political sphere, without even the slightest restrictions of citizens’ rights and freedoms."
Matviyenko said Russian authorities were fully aware that they "will have to face new serious challenges and we need to address them fully prepared, which will, undoubtedly, require a new quality of interaction between the authorities and society."
The war between Russia and Ukraine began in February 2022, with the US-led NATO’s eastward expansion blamed for it.
The West accuses Russia of fighting a war of aggression against Ukraine while Moscow says the United States and NATO are fighting a proxy war against the country in Ukraine.
Since the onset of the conflict, the United States and its European allies have unleashed an array of unprecedented sanctions against Russia and poured a huge number of advanced weapons into Ukraine to help its military fend off Russian troops, despite repeated warnings by the Kremlin that such measures will only prolong the war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the West of seeking to divide the Russian Federation and "open up” new war fronts.
“The goal of the partitioning of the Russian Federation has been already openly declared by many political scientists and politicians,” Lavrov said last week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also said earlier this month that certain "ill-wishers" are attempting to destabilize his country.
"Today, we will also be addressing these issues in terms of ensuring Russia's security, in this case, domestic political security," Putin said.
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