The US has expressed interest in weakening not only Russia, but also Europe, said the Speaker of the upper house of the Russian Parliament, Valentina Matviyenko.

" Russia for our overseas partners is not the final goal. I think they are interested not only in a strong Russia, but in the strong independent Europe, " she said on air of the TV channel ", explaining the situation around Ukraine.

reviews Matvienko, decisions taken in the framework of this notorious eurosolare ", causing great damage as the EU in General and the countries that are part of it.

The Federation Council speaker stated that the long-observed attempts by the West to weaken the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine was the only reason." In General, Ukraine has become a bargaining chip in trying to implement these ideas. The desire to weaken the Russian Federation Clearly, because it interferes with the approval of the model of a unipolar world, " she Matvienko.

along with this, she said, the current challenges and dangers, as well as among them the fight against international crime, the spread of Ebola and illegal drug trafficking is a problem that cannot be solved by one state. They can be solved only by joint efforts of the whole world brotherhood, said Matvienko, and this requires fresh formats and mechanisms of international cooperation. Russia steps in this direction are ready and already acts such initiatives on the international arena, said the Speaker.

Matviyenko added that in Russia there is no anti-Ukrainian sentiment nor on the official level, nor in the public consciousness, although Kiev against Russia " unleashed fierce information war, passing all bounds of Russophobia ".

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