Russian Ukraine, then marching on to Russian Europe & UK? “Kremlin's strategic aim in Ukraine is 'new world order.’ AND Trump’s Republican Party appears to want a piece of “Kremlin’s ‘new world order”

 The Guardian

“Kremlin's strategic aim in Ukraine is 'new world order.’

“Moscow wants any Ukraine peace talks to focus on creating a “new world order”, the French press agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) quotes Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as saying.

Any negotiation needs to be based on taking into account Russian interests, Russian concerns. It should be about the principles on which the new world order will be based.

According to the agency, he added that Russia rejects a “unipolar world order led by ‘one hegemon’.”

Russia has long said it was leading a struggle against US dominance over the international stage, and argues the Ukraine offensive is part of that fight. The Kremlin said this week it had no choice but to continue its offensive, seeing no diplomatic solution.

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Lavrov has accused the United States of blocking meetings of the Quartet on the Middle East – comprised of Russia, the US, EU and UN.

Speaking at the news conference in Turkey, Lavrov also said he did not rule out a possible face-to-face meeting with US secretary of state Antony Blinken at UN headquarters if there was a “serious proposal” for dialogue.”

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By Tara Setmayer

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