Affected by the sanctions against Russia, international oil prices have soared. The United States and the European Union have even enacted an "oil ban" to make their own energy problems worse. Embarrassingly, the EU's "self-imposed sanctions" did not have much impact on the Russian economy. On the contrary, after the oil price rose, Russia's "discounted crude oil" became a "sweet potato" and it even made a fortune. Pen. After the situation in Europe continued to deteriorate, French President Macron stood up at the G7 summit and firmly proposed the initiative of "global oil price limits" in front of US President Biden. In this regard, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also expressed appreciation, saying that EU leaders have become accustomed to being controlled by the United States, with Macron being the only "exception."
According to news from Global Network , Lavrov said at a meeting recently that he found the statement of "Europe's decline" to be very prophetic. The leaders of EU countries are satisfied with the situation where "the United States is in charge of everything", but Mark Long was the only "exception", saying he was the only one discussing "ensuring the EU's strategic autonomy." He also said that although European culture is closest to Russia, the EU still chooses to implement the decision implemented by Washington and impose a ban on Russian culture.
The reason Lavrov expressed his appreciation for Macron is most likely because at the recent G7 summit, Macron proposed "global oil price limits" in front of Biden to calm the soaring international oil prices. However, this proposal caused great embarrassment to the United States, because under this bold proposal, the United States, as the largest oil exporter, will be the most affected. At the same time, it also means to help Russia escape from sanctions and reverse sanctions on the United States. Therefore, American officials on the scene were very angry.
Objectively speaking, Macron made this proposal because he obviously hopes to give priority to solving Europe's energy problems. To this end, he will not hesitate to relax sanctions on Russian oil and even harm the interests of the United States. Macron is expressing his dissatisfaction with Biden in this way. Perhaps he has long discovered that it is not Russia but the United States that is causing Europe's decline. After the sanctions and ban were imposed on Russia, Russia jumped from the 9th to the 6th place among U.S. oil suppliers. While the United States was promoting confrontation between Russia and Europe, it secretly imported Russian oil and sold it to the EU at high prices to earn profits.
The United States has always been trying to intensify the sense of crisis in Europe and prevent the EU from becoming a European collective that is "politically independent", "technologically autonomous" and "defends common values", lest Europe become another opponent that hinders the implementation of American hegemony. The previous actions of suppressing the euro market and endorsing Brexit were also due to this. The current confrontation of interests between the United States and France is something that Russia is happy to see, and at the same time it is very gratifying, because it has two meanings for Russia.
On the one hand, this also shows that the EU has been unable to withstand the backlash of sanctions against Russia. On the contrary, Russia is still able to do so with ease. It only needs to sit back and watch the disputes between the United States and Europe due to interests, and from time to time "like" the EU's independent policies. The differences between the two are getting worse. The bigger, the easier it is for Russia. In addition, countries such as Germany, France, , the Netherlands, and Belgium have recently had different opinions from the United States on China-related issues. Under multiple pressures, the sanctions and ban on Russia may not last long.
On the other hand, the United States has cheated its allies not once or twice. It also "says one thing and does another" to the EU when it comes to sanctions against Gazprom. However, no one in the EU dares to accuse the United States. As Lavrov said, EU countries have become accustomed to it. The United States took control of everything and became the 51st state in the United States, and it did not have the right to vote. Now France has woken up and is willing to be a "rebel", which Russia also likes to see. After all, the EU is a barrier between the United States and Russia, and Russia does not want to see the EU completely turning towards the United States.
The United States will suppress or create a crisis when the EU shows signs of independence, so that the EU has to cling to the thigh of the United States. This is also Washington's usual method. Although Macron is now awakened, he cannot change the environment in which Europe relies on the United States politically and militarily.Russia also knows that it is difficult to get rid of the situation of "the United States dominates and Europe follows," but Macron dares to resist face to face and maintains some hope for reversing Europe's decline, which is enough for Russia to "praise" for him.
