Symbols play an important role in politics. By renaming a square in Moscow, Russia has now sent a clear signal of further alienation between the EU and Vladimir Putin’s empire.
From now on, Moscow has no place in Europe. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has by decree renamed the square near the Kiev train station in the city center to Eurasia Square. This refers to the world region, which also includes the Asian regions of Russia, China and Asian countries. No reason was given. However, this is seen as a sign that Russia is turning away from Europe as a result of Moscow’s war of aggression against Ukraine and Russia’s increasing focus on the Asian region.
Moscow accuses the European Union of an increasingly aggressive and anti-Russian policy, as Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reiterated to journalists on Wednesday. Sakharov specifically accused European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of pursuing a course against Russia on behalf of the US. Von der Leyen was already seen as an irritant to the power apparatus in Moscow during her time as German Defense Minister, when she believed that the West had to speak to Russia from a position of strength.
The European flags have not been flying for a long time
Europaplatz was opened more than twenty years ago as a Russian-Belgian project and has since been intended as a symbol of the ‘unity of European states’. The flags of the European states flew for a long time on a large flag monument with masts that they had already withdrawn last year.
Source: Krone
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