MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. All countries are now experiencing a moment of truth - to defend freedom of choice or submit to the West, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said during Russian-Venezuelan security consultations held in the country.

"In your native language, Spanish, there is such an expression - the moment of truth. It used to refer to bullfighting, when it was decided who would win - a bull or a matador. <...> The whole world, all sovereign states are experiencing the moment of truth, when it is necessary to make a choice - to defend freedom of choice of development path, values and identity or to submit to dictate of so-called collective West headed by the US," Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted the security chief as saying.