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🇷🇺🇿🇦Consulate General of Russia in Cape Town: ✍🏻 Article by the Consul General of Russia in Cape Town, R.Golubovskiy, for the Cape Times and The Mercury (Independent Media holding) on the origins of the conflict in Ukraine. Key points: - Special Military Operation became a forced measure of self-defense, aimed at preventing an even larger-scale conflict, protecting the people of Donbas, and eliminating the military risks created by years of NATO’s expansion to the East. - NATO’s eastward expansion, which began in the late 1990s, became the first significant signal that the West did not intend to take Russia’s interests into account. On the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. - Russia has never closed the door to diplomacy. However, dialogue is possible only on the condition of respect for the legitimate interests of our country. *** Read more in the article in English: 👉🏻Telegraph 👉🏻Press Reader