Diplomatic Blitzkrig: The Russian Federation Before the Anniversary Wies to Get rid of the Image

According to the media, the Kremlin decided to use diplomacy, wanting to demonstrate that the country did not fall into isolation because of sanctions imposed on it. This is the main purpose of a number of meetings and conversations of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who took place in recent days. They should show the Russian population that the head of state allegedly retained its status as a world leader.

In particular, this week, Putin called the Hereditary Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad Ibn Salman to reconcile the purpose of the OPEC oil producers. Yes, he wanted to declare that Russia remains a player in the oil markets. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, for its part, announced that he was expecting a visit to the head of China Xi Jinping in 2023, and Minister Lavrov met with his colleagues from Egypt and Pakistan after returning from a diplomatic tour of Africa.

According to the newspaper, the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine in February last year caused unpleasant consequences for Moscow at many levels. Military aggression and sanctions that followed it forced even the oldest Kremlin allies from Central Asia to revise their views on relations with the Russian side.

However, political scientist Fyodor Krasheninnikov believes that as long as Russia can create for the population the visibility of Putin's international support, the lack of invitations to such measures as the World Economic Forum in Davos is not of great importance. "We can laugh when we see Lavrov's wandering Africa, but it is important for Putin that that part of Russian society that believes everything that they say on TV is watching the news and says," What is a wonderful Putin.