Patrushev: the United States is not interested in the independence of European states

He expressed this opinion in an interview with "Arguments and Facts".

Patrushev cited the example of the Three Seas Initiative, which consolidates the countries of Eastern Europe.

“It is presented as a constructive integration format, but in reality we are talking about a new anti-Russian union of states.

In fact, this is the revival of the idea of ​​a hundred years ago on the creation of the so-called "cordon sanitaire" along the western border of our country, - said Patrushev.

In July, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Western countries are trying to create a belt of instability around Russia at the expense of its closest neighbors, including Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova.