“However, in reality, everything is moving towards the fact that the Western world itself is gradually becoming an outcast within the framework of the new multipolar world order that is being formed today,” he said.

Venediktov added that he would not be surprised if in the second half of this century the United States and European countries turned out to be "the same periphery of world development that Europeans in the 19th century recklessly considered Asia or Africa."

Earlier, The New York Times wrote that the administration of US President Joe Biden is facing a disappointing reality as it tries to expand the coalition against Russia, which "may not be enough" to break the "looming impasse" in the situation in Ukraine.