ST. PETERSBURG, June 25. /TASS/. Western countries are not yet ready to openly attack Russia and are waging war through their allies. At the same time, the West mistakenly interprets Russia’s restraint as weakness, Alexander Pastukhov, an expert with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
He noted that it is necessary to distinguish between unfriendly and hostile actions at the federal legislative level.
TASS has compiled the expert’s key statements.
West’s war against Russia through proxies
Western countries are not yet ready to engage in open aggression against Russia and are waging war through their satellites: "Let’s put it this way: they are not yet in a position to launch open aggression against us. They are incapable of doing so. They are trying to do so through proxy wars."
