Moscow. Farid Akberov – APA. “After the forced ouster of the president with the help of foreign forces, [Ukraine] has practically slid into a civil war,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a security conference in Moscow, APA reports quoting RT.
“A hotspot of tension has been artificially created in the heart of Europe. This has negatively affected global security,” he said. Shoigu added that the scheme for fanning an internal conflict used in Ukraine is applicable to many countries, and Venezuela, “where the legitimate government is being opposed by a so-called democratic opposition fuelled from abroad,” appears to be a victim of the same approach.