Journalist Vitaliy Portnikov believes that the aggressor country the Russian Federation blames the West for the fact that Ukraine has not yet capitulated The publicist shared the details on the air of the Espreso TV channel.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Western leaders are preventing Ukraine from negotiating with Russia. This is a demonstration of the Russian picture of the world - the collective West is to blame for everything. The United States, Great Britain, etc.

are to blame for everything,"

The journalist added that Putin's statements should be considered not only as signals for the West and Ukraine, because these are signals for Russia's internal audience as well..

" You need to understand that the Russian Federation is a country in which signals are addressed to both international and domestic audiences. It is important for Putin that the Russians understand why the so-called special military operation is taking so long.. All these Putin's signals, one way or another, should be part of the president's own picture of the world,"