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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada\u00a0M\u00e9lanie Joly<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida
\nGlobal Research, March 16, 2023
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Increasingly, blackmail and direct threat become the main mechanisms in Western foreign policy towards Russia. Recently, Canada\u2019s Foreign Minister said that her country hopes to overthrow the Russian government, suggesting that Canadian intelligence would be planning some kind of maneuver to destabilize Moscow through a regime change operation. The case is further evidence that on the part of NATO\u2019s powers there is no sign of respect in bilateral relations with Moscow.<\/em><\/p>\n The threat was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada\u00a0M\u00e9lanie Joly.<\/strong>\u00a0According to Joly, only \u201cisolating\u201d Russia would not be enough for the West to achieve its goals, which is why she expects something more disabling to be launched against Moscow.\u00a0Joly believes Russia should be attacked economically, politically, and diplomatically,<\/strong>\u00a0so that it becomes unable to continue its operation in Ukraine. In this sense, she also hopes that, as a consequence, the Putin government will be overthrown, and he and his allies will be considered guilty of war in the future.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re able to see how much we\u2019re isolating the Russian regime right now \u2014 because we need to do so economically, politically and diplomatically \u2014 and what are the impacts also on society and\u00a0how much we\u2019re seeing potential regime change in Russia<\/strong> (\u2026) The goal is definitely\u2026 to weaken Russia\u2019s ability to launch very difficult attacks against Ukraine. We want also to make sure that Putin and his enablers are held to account (\u2026) I always make a difference between the regime and the people of a given country, which is fundamental\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n As expected, Canadian animosity was praised by\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong>\u00a0who came to media to express his support for Joly\u2019s statement \u00a0and ensure that Kiev is working in the same direction, seeking to encourage international society to further sanction Russia, especially concerning aluminum and steel \u2013 sectors in which Canada recently imposed new sanctions. The goal is to increase coercive measures until Moscow eventually becomes unable to continue fighting.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are also working to add new sanctions against Russia (\u2026) Recently, Canada took a significant step by expanding sanctions on imports of Russian aluminum and steel. I thank Canada for this decision \u2013 for this signal to the international community\u201d, Zelensky said.<\/p>\n Obviously, the Russian reaction to the Canadian minister\u2019s words were severe. On social networks, Russian Foreign Ministry\u2019s spokespersons commented the following:<\/p>\n \u201cCanadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly declared regime change in Russia foreign policy goal of Canada\u2026 officially (\u2026) Sorry to see the ruling liberal clique having subdued Canada with decadent anti-family, pro-drug & support for Ukrainian Neo-Nazis agenda\u201d, spokespersons published on the Ministry\u2019s official Twitter account.<\/p>\n In the same vein, the Russian Ambassador in Canada responded to the Minister\u2019s words by stating that he was \u201cperplexed\u201d with her speech, and asking for clarification on whether she guides the Canadian embassy in Moscow to work for a regime change in the country.<\/p>\n \u201cQuite perplexed to hear from Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly that her goal is \u2018regime change\u2019 in Russia. Is this how she instructs the Canadian Embassy in Moscow? (\u2026) And by the way, what reaction would we expect if, for example, someone in Moscow had said that Russia\u2019s goal is \u2018regime change\u2019 in Ottawa?\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n In another occasion, he also emphasized the popularity of Russia\u2019s government, saying:<\/p>\n \u201cWhat Joly or other decision-makers in Ottawa don\u2019t want to recognize is that the current Russian policy is supported by the ultimate majority of the nation\u201d \u2013 the goal apparently was to respond to Joly\u2019s statement that she makes \u201ca difference between the regime and the people of a given country\u201d.<\/p>\n It is not surprising that the Canadian state acts this way. In practice, Canada works much more as a 51st American state than as an independent country. The case shows how relations between Russia and the West are deeply broken, close to a point of no return.<\/p>\n Lucas Leiroz<\/strong>\u00a0is a journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant. You can follow Lucas o\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Telegram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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