Alexander Yakovenko: SVO brings diplomacy closer – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

After the end of the Cold War with its ideological confrontation, it seemed that both sides did not live for themselves, but for ideas in order to demonstrate their loyalty. After the collapse of the USSR, which, as soon as it became clear, played a cruel joke on Western elites, everyone assumed that eternal peace had arrived and that goodwill would progressively lead to mutual understanding and harmony in international relations. , as everyone imagines. . This means that the time has come for diplomacy, for which there can be no alternative.