Russian Senator Kosachev Identifies West’s Selfishness as Suicidal

Dec. 13, 2022 (EIRNS)—Chairman Sen. Konstantin Kosachev of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Russia’s Federation Council said that the West’s selfish obsession with grabbing security for itself by destabilizing others, will end with the death of the West. Kosachev, who is also a Federation Council Deputy Speaker, posted on Telegram today: “So, sooner or later, the West will have to make an existential choice—to continue, in violation of its own global obligations, to provide security only for itself, or to admit that this suicidal strategy has exhausted itself and that it will have to return to the principle of indivisibility.” As Kosachev explains at the outset: “The indivisibility of security, that is, the conscious refusal to ensure one’s own security at the expense and to the detriment of the security of others, is the cornerstone of all universal agreements on this topic. Its implementation would prevent all recent global conflicts.” While not easy, it is the only way forward, and is “a cornerstone” for all diplomatic arrangements.

He took note of the recent limited statements of French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz on Russia’s security concerns: Their statements “suggest that there are still remnants of common sense and a sense of self-preservation in France and Germany, which are behaving more responsibly.” Even though Macron and Scholz had only referenced Russian security as an issue that could be taken up after Russia’s military defeat, their remarks were still too much for some among the NATO allies. Kosachev specifically pointed to Poland and the Baltic nations, which had taken exception to the mere thought that Russia had any security concerns.

According to Reuters, yesterday Poland, Slovakia, and the Baltics all officially lodged disapproval of Macron’s tepid recognition that Russia had any legitimate concerns for their security. This highlights the not-to-be-mentioned reality of the 2014 Kiev coup and the eight years of phony “Minsk Accord” negotiations—Russia is to be taken apart. RT reported that Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński went so far yesterday as to assert that no one should be persuaded that “Russia has the right to expect security guarantees from anyone.... It’s just a strategic mistake—that kind of consideration. It is not Russia that needs security guarantees today, but Europe needs security guarantees from Russia.”