"Western demands that (the global south) make costly sacrifices by cutting off economic ties with #Russia to uphold a 'rules-based order' have begotten an allergic reaction. That order hasn’t been rules-based; instead, it has allowed the #US to violate intern'l law with impunity"
On the other hand, #Russia is trusted in the global south.
"Russia has become a key interlocutor in all regional crises as the only power with ongoing relations with all participants, including those at odds, or even at war, with each other"
"Russia has become a key interlocutor in all regional crises as the only power with ongoing relations with all participants, including those at odds, or even at war, with each other"
"The #US is terrified of the impending end of its dominion over the world, and it is aware that the current conflict in #Ukraine is the last chance to preserve this position’"
"in the first Gulf war (1990-91), Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria let themselves be drawn into the war alongside the #US against the wishes of their people. However, in the case of #Ukraine, these countries, even long-standing US allies, have distanced themselves from Washington"
"Saudi Arabia is not alone. On 28 February, a few days after the Russian invasion, UAE foreign minister ... met his Russian counterpart in Moscow and welcomed the close ties between their countries."
"#Egypt did not respond to G7 ambassadors’ undiplomatic injunction to condemn the Russian invasion. Even #Morocco, another faithful #US ally, conveniently missed the 2 March UN General Assembly vote on #Ukraine."
"As old ideological divisions fade, and with Washington’s promises of a ‘new international order’ made after the first Gulf war (1990-91) abandoned in the Iraqi sand, a multipolar world is emerging amid the chaos. It offers greater room for manoeuvre to the ‘rest of the world’."
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