One of Russia’s most senior diplomats has warned that relations with the West have reached a new low in recent months, and that those tensions are now undermining everything from the coronavirus pandemic response to human rights.
Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy told RT in an exclusive interview that it is “a challenging and dangerous time we are living through right now.” Recent weeks have seen Washington impose sanctions against Moscow for alleged interference in the 2020 US presidential election, and the Czech Republic moved to expel Russian diplomats over claims the country’s spies were behind a 2014 blast at an ammo dump. The Kremlin has denied both sets of allegations.
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