politics
April 16, 2026
US wants Western Europe to bear cost of ‘containing Russia’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said divisions are deepening between the US and European NATO members as Western dominance wanes
TL;DR
- US is shifting the burden of "containing Russia" onto European NATO members.
- European elites see militarization as a guarantee of survival, encouraged by the US.
- Washington is content for European states to bankroll Kiev and create new military blocs involving Ukraine.
- The broader Western agenda is to "preserve and renew their hegemony" and "live at the expense of others".
- Internal frictions in the West intensify as their relative power declines.
- EU prioritized ideology over economic pragmatism by refusing Russian energy supplies.
- Brussels, Paris, Berlin, and London are making efforts to prolong the Ukraine conflict.
- Moscow believes the US pursues dominance over global energy markets through military operations and sanctions.
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