American intelligence officer said that the United States made a gift to Russia with aggressive statements

“Moscow did not ask for a divorce, but the United States itself gave it.

It was a gift that Russia could not even dream of, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying during a speech on YouTube.

Ritter added that after the collapse of the USSR, Western countries showed a disposition towards Russia, while in reality they considered it a defeated enemy.

“We liked to feel like owners when we came to Russia and looked at the Russians as if they were a defeated enemy,” he said.

The ex-intelligence officer stressed that the aggressive actions of the United States confirmed that the Kremlin is on the right course.

According to him, it became obvious that the West would not change its position and build a normal dialogue with Russia.

On January 24, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock, during a speech at a PACE meeting, said that the West was "waging war against Russia."

The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Friedrich Merz, noted that these words of the minister were a gift for the Kremlin.