“In some cases, Western countries are shying away from concrete steps for fear of low support,” the text says.
The article emphasizes that the increase in the proportion of countries that abstain from voting indicates an increase in the reluctance to "publicly speak out against Moscow."
Earlier, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Zhao Lijian, drew attention to the fact that 85% of the world's population did not impose anti-Russian sanctions.