MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The collective West is attempting to maintain its "slipping dominance" through unilateral coercive measures, but in a multipolar world, this just won’t fly, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Zakharova emphasized that the authority to impose such measures rests solely with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and the practice of applying unilateral sanctions encroaches upon its exclusive prerogatives. "Everyone knows that the collective West frequently resorts to this, primarily motivated by geopolitical interests," she said.
"Unilateral coercive measures represent a serious obstacle to establishing a just and equitable multipolar world order. They constitute one of the primary instruments of the collective West's neocolonial policy. Their objective is clear: to cling to slipping dominance, to deprive the global majority of the right to independent political choice, and to hinder their economic, technological, and industrial development," Zakharova stressed.
She further criticized the efforts by the states that initiate such measures to portray them as a "peaceful means of resolving disputes," asserting that such claims do not withstand scrutiny.
