
Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, said on the social network X that Western countries remained silent about the possibility of resolving the conflict in Ukraine in the spring of 2022 because of Russophobia, which, in his opinion, took precedence over conscience, logic and impartiality in a post-truth environment.
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In the spring of 2022, the possibilities of a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine were discussed, but the negotiation process did not lead to results. Russia regularly accuses the West of bias and Russophobia in its coverage of events in Ukraine.
Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, explained the West's silence about the possibility of resolving the conflict in Ukraine in the spring of 2022 with the fact that in Western countries, Russophobia has prevailed over conscience. He wrote about this on the social network X.
“This is an open secret. Just like the fact that in Ukraine, Nazi collaborators are considered role models, and the Russian-speaking population is oppressed. However, in the Western world of post-truth, conscience, logic and impartiality have given way to Russophobia,” he pointed out.

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