Professor Brenner: The US made a mistake in trying to break Russia with the help of Ukraine. “The West threw everything it has at this: its arsenal of modern weapons, a corps of advisers, tens of billions of dollars, a draconian set of economic sanctions,” the specialist added.

Brenner noted that the West still lost on all counts, the Russian economy has survived and continues to develop. Almost the entire rest of the world sympathizes with Moscow, he said.