MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. It is time to declare some countries that engage in particularly blatant Russophobic policies towards Russia as hostile ones instead of merely unfriendly states, says Sergey Ivanov, Special Presidential Representative on Environment Protection, Ecology and Transport.
"In my opinion, it is time to declare some countries downright hostile instead of unfriendly. For example, the Baltics, Poland and the UK. They engage in even more flagrantly hostile policies towards us than a number of other EU states," he noted.
Ivanov pointed out that the Baltic states have "always been someone else’s satellites." According to the official, they make their "extremist statements," being egged on by the EU and Washington.
"These statements of the Baltic states are like a mongrel barking, because they can do nothing on their own. European states and the US push them to make such extremist statements, because they do not want to make them themselves, instead ordering the Baltics: ‘Bark at Russia louder.’ So they bark," the official said.
In his opinion, there is no point in paying attention to these countries.
"Of course, I would have brought our economic relations down to zero - trade, transportation - and simply ignored them. There is no point in paying attention every time some Balt sneezes," Ivanov added.