Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Russia's retaliatory sanctions against senior officials in the administrations of the heads of Germany and France.
All - because of the case of the blogger-politician Alexei Navalny.
Earlier, the European Union, according to some revelation from above, accused Russia of involvement in the "poisoning" and, in order to reinforce its "innocence", introduced a number of personal sanctions, pointing a finger at the sky, that is, at the "poisoners" it had appointed.
The main argument of the European prosecutors: who else?
They say that Russia is not investigating the case, therefore it is guilty.
The logic is powerful, sustained for centuries and with an inquisitorial flavor.
Plus the habit for which Russia is always to blame.
It must be said that the mirror sanctions announced by Lavrov were not in revenge, but in admonition.
Not for the sake of alienation and demarcation of countries, but to overcome a serious communication problem.
The Foreign Minister noted that "there is a ground for serious misunderstanding."
The European Union has chosen an extreme accusatory tactics in connection with the Navalny case.
Moreover, the accusations are of an emotional nature, not supported by any reasonable grounds.
In their accusatory rage, the accusers are completely deaf to the questions of Russia.
No facts and evidence, all the requests of the Russian side - deaf silence.
At the same time, they are indignant about the fact that our country does not initiate and does not investigate a criminal case, that it does not go guilty and does not appoint itself guilty.
Actually, the situation is wild, but it proceeds from a simple fact: the absence of any desire on the part of the European side to overcome this deaf misunderstanding.
Russia, on the other hand, has stocked up on endurance.
This endurance and sanity is demonstrated.
Passions and emotions will go away sooner or later, then it will be possible to talk.
So Lavrov made a hint to overcome these passions, stating the assumptions that Navalny could have been poisoned with chemical warfare agents in Germany or during a flight there.
This is not about accusations at all.
The Russian minister provided the European side with a logical antidote: there are no facts to blame Russia, only speculation, there are no facts about poisoning in Germany either, but this version has even more rights to life, if we take into account who benefits from it (definitely not Russia). considering that in Omsk no traces of "Novichok" were found.
The clever one will understand.
Lavrov counts on such interlocutors and opponents.
This is the meaning of the mirror response, so that they can see themselves and the absurdity of their own behavior.
So the chairman of the State Duma committee on international affairs Leonid Slutsky called the sanctions response announced by Lavrov "the only possible adequate measure in response to the absolutely outrageous situation around the alleged poisoning of a blogger."
He recalled that “until now Berlin has not provided information on the basis of which data were drawn about the use of Novichok.
The specific formulas on the OPCW report have not yet been disclosed either. "
Now Germany has become "a flagship on the path of further degradation of relations with Russia."
Moreover, it was unreasonably and frankly directed.
Initially, the whole story with the "poisoning" raised more questions, as the painstaking work around this plot of directors, screenwriters, as well as the corresponding PR services became more and more obvious.
It has long been clear that they are increasingly trying to subordinate reality to the worked-out laws and cliches of cinema.
The audience is prepared to perceive this, the effect is greater, as well as all kinds of benefits.
By the way, about the benefits.
They are well-known, but it is not out of place to reiterate them, because here, again, glaring injustice is hidden on the basis of Russia's a priori guilt: it was she who did not receive any dividends from this scandal.
Thus, the incident, miraculously and accidentally, coincided with the peak of unrest in Belarus.
Threatened Nord Stream 2.
As soon as the States did not convince, they did not intimidate European countries and the same Germany, so that a cross was put on it, and here such a weighty argument with a demonstration of Russian lawlessness and treachery ...
Germany in general is extremely important in this whole story, especially given the “global role” that this country plays in Europe.
These are the words of Lavrov.
Slutsky, however, noted that now she has become the "flagship" in the deterioration of relations with Russia.
That is, it is quite possible to assume that the "poisoning" was a special operation to separate Germany and Russia.
Observing the current German reaction, we can say that it has been somewhat successful.
Why was this necessary?
At least so that Europe would gladly and enthusiastically accept gift bouquets of missiles that the United States promises to present.
The scandal played into the hands of Navalny himself.
He transferred it to another level, formalized the official status of the most important stronghold of Russian democracy and endorsed the recognition of civilized and free countries.
Now he is not just oppositional, persecuted, persecuted, but also persecuted.
Not one of, but the most important standard-bearer of freedom.
And then just try, for example, not to allow the elections, not to declare a winner, not to cover his path with carpets ...
From the point of view of common sense, this whole story was unfolded from the very beginning with the most vulgar anecdote.
According to the scriptwriters, they tried to drive Russia into this anecdote, because in order to believe in the Russian trail, it is necessary to believe in an endless chain of fools who have lined up to turn the notorious poisoning so absurdly.
That is, into an absolutely unthinkable concentration of the foolish in nature, into the absurd.
But all the same, “people hawala”, as the conductors of the entire poisonous plan say, making people of those very fools, moreover, extremely malleable and manageable, plunging them into the banal intricacies of their plot.
Everyone is happy, everyone has received well-deserved awards and gains for their deeds, but Russia is still to blame.
We are no strangers, we have learned to take a punch, we behave with dignity.
We do not allow ourselves to be unbalanced and immersed in the same emotions and spontaneous reactions that are imposed on us.
All this was demonstrated by the Russian reaction to the European accusatory nonsense.
They are trying to plunge us into a sanctions race in order to create a field of alienation.
The Russian response to all this is attempts to return to common sense and mutual respect.
Sometimes we get the feeling that we are talking to absurd and spoiled children.
In some ways it resembles the tactics of the hero Pierre Richard in the classic film "Toy".
The "child" is not bad in itself, he has complexes, the father-States is not a gift, childhood injuries, problems, he is lonely.
François Perrin managed to make friends with him.
We do not impose our friendship on anyone and do not try with all our might to get it.
The main thing is to overcome that very “serious misunderstanding”.
At least try again to learn to hear each other.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.