MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. The United States and its satellites are trying to create hotbeds of tension for geopolitical confrontation with Russia in Moldova and Georgia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told TASS on Tuesday.

"Of course, we are concerned about everything, we are concerned about the situation in Georgia, as well as about the situation in Moldova, because these are the countries that are far away from the US, which tries to tell them what to do and what not to do. These are our neighbors, and we see that the US with its satellites seek to create more and more hotbeds of tension along our borders, trying to set up some geopolitical competition in these key areas, even for geographical reasons, for the security interests of the Russian Federation," he said, answering a question from TASS.

At the same time, the senior diplomat stressed that events in these countries demonstrated the "neocolonial attitude" of Western countries. "They (Western countries - TASS) proceed from the fact that they are the only ones who have the right to dictate, to tell what to do. I will stress once again: it’s an absolutely neocolonial approach," Grushko added.