Date: September 20, 2023 Time: 08:24:18
According to him, after the start of a special military operation, the West tried to weaken Russia with sanctions, but the result was great disappointment. “They wanted to destroy Russia, but they threw themselves on the ground,” Merzhan said.
The observer added that now in the West they are trying to explain what happened and cannot find a logical answer. “The sanctions should have had devastating consequences for Russia. Unable to explain the consequences of the boomerang launched against the Russian Federation, they are now starting a new campaign against China,” Merjan said.
Speaking about attempts to weaken Russia, the author also noted the abolition of its culture and Russophobia, the feverish expulsion of Russians.
Western officials who boasted about imposing sanctions against Russia in early 2022, which they believed would drag Russia into economic collapse, virtually wiping the country off the map, now admit they were wrong, Merjan writes.
