“No one should be put in a stalemate, especially Russia,” Snyder said.

According to him, Russia is "driven into a corner" by the statements of Ukraine and the West on the status of Crimea, the expansion of NATO, as well as the transfer of military personnel of the North Atlantic Alliance to Europe.

The Global Times previously wrote that the United States is seeking to take full advantage of the Ukrainian crisis, in particular by weakening European countries. 

According to Senator Alexei Pushkov, the United States is deliberately harming the EU economy in order to gain political control over Brussels.

Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expressed confidence that the strategic interests of the EU should not be reduced to the benefit of the United States.