Russia has said that the collective West uses its sanctions against other countries to cling to its fading dominance.
Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday the collective West is attempting to maintain its "slipping dominance" through unilateral coercive measures; however, in a multipolar world, this just won’t fly.
She stressed that collectively imposing punitive measures against other countries is solely within the authority of the United Nations Security Council.
She said the practice of applying unilateral sanctions encroaches upon its exclusive prerogatives. "Everyone knows that the collective West frequently resorts to this, primarily motivated by geopolitical interests."
Zakharova described unilateral coercive measures by the West as an obstacle to international peace and justice.
"Unilateral coercive measures represent a serious obstacle to establishing a just and equitable multipolar world order," she said.
"They constitute one of the primary instruments of the collective West's neocolonial policy. Their objective is clear: to cling to slipping dominance, to deprive the global majority of the right to independent political choice, and to hinder their economic, technological, and industrial development," she added......more below
