Lavrov Made the Remarks Amid Ongoing Western Sanctions Pressure on Moscow Over Its Actions in Ukraine in Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the West has undermined the very principles of globalization it had long championed by imposing an unprecedented 30,000 sanctions on Russia. "Those who preached the free play of the market, globalization, and the inviolability of property suddenly, overnight, when it became necessary to punish Russia, imposed sanctions that undermine the principles of globalization promoted by the West under US leadership for many decades, Lavrov said. "In other words, they completely disregarded everything they had tried to impose on the world.

As a result, the global economy has become fragmented, the minister emphasized. Lavrov made the remarks amid ongoing Western sanctions pressure on Moscow over its actions in Ukraine.