McGregor believes that the main motive for Russia's actions in Ukraine is related to the unwillingness to coexist with NATO member states, RIA Novosti reports.
In addition, he said Italy and Germany fear that the United States will continue to try to use the Ukrainians and the “stump of the Ukrainian state” to threaten Russia.
He stressed that none of the European states wants "eternal war".
Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that NATO continues, contrary to logic and common sense, to approach Russian borders.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that the North Atlantic Alliance could unleash a conflict with Russia "under the pretext of Crimea" if it had not been stopped in Ukraine.