Former Socialist countries of Europe no longer remember what kind of economic assistance to them was provided by Washington, if at some point the American influence will weaken. An ex-president of Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, announced this in an interview with the German Wave.
According to him, the Soviet Union once helped the Eastern European countries – participants of the Warsaw Treaty and the Council of Economic Mutual Assistance (CEV).
“Well, and what, now, does anyone know this kindness? Remembers some investments, which were then made, debts that were once created and for which our country paid much the cost of Eastern European and other countries? This is already Nobody will never remember, thanks for it will not say, “Medvedev noticed.
He made that “if at some point the United States will not be able to provide financial and economic assistance or military assistance to those or other European countries or some other states, their influence will also weaken as much as in some period Weakened the influence of Russia. ” “And no one will tell the same United States of America for what they did before,” Medvedev believes.
He stressed that Russia and European countries remain neighbors, so “it is very important to maintain normal trade and economic ties.”
The deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation also noted that “Pragmatic interests are always important in politics, current extensions are always important.” In this sense, he said, German Chancellor Angela Merkel always managed to maintain the appropriate balance in relations between countries. However, if in 2008, after the events in South Ossetia, it was possible to find a compromise, and the restrained position of the largest countries in Europe – France, Germany, Italy and some others – served as the basis for the fact that the relations of Russia and the EU did not deteriorate, “then in 2014, While in the Farvaterthe of the European Policy and Policies of the North Atlantic Alliance, the major European states still failed to defend their point of view. ” “And in some cases, it may have been their personal position. This led to the fact that we were quite significant,” concluded the deputy chairman of the Sat RF.