“I don’t remember a single historical period when the policy of the West was constructive... If they wanted it, they imposed sanctions, if they wanted it, they stole money,” Balbek said.
In his opinion, the example of Russia can make other states think about the "expediency of blind trust in the West."
“Their policy is changeable: today you are a friend and partner, and tomorrow you are a tyrant and a murderer, from whom everything can be taken away,” the political scientist explained.
Earlier, Lavrov said that the EU and the US can freeze the reserves of any country if it irritates them.
At the end of June, the US Treasury Department announced that more than $330 billion worth of assets of the Central Bank of Russia and Russians under sanctions were blocked or frozen in 100 days.