“Washington’s obvious strategic goal is a Russia close to the West, a suitable candidate for NATO, which is what we hoped for after the collapse of the Soviet Union,” he wrote in an article for 19Fortyfive.
Earlier in an interview with CNN, Bolton admitted that he was involved in organizing coups d'état in other parts of the world.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called Bolton's words about the US participation in the preparation of coups abroad "a point of no return" and absolutely new revelations of American foreign policy figures.
Later, Bolton himself, on the air of the Newsmax TV channel, called those who criticized him for his recognition “sissies”.