MOSCOW, April 24. /ITAR-TASS/. The United States, the European Union and the present Kiev authorities, emerging from the opposition, are responsible for the situation in Ukraine, the head of the Russian lower house’s international affairs committee Alexei Pushkov told a news conference on Thursday.

Russia had not participated either in Maidan or in anti-Maidan events, and nor had it sent delegates or public activists to any rallies, either anti-governmental or pro-governmental, Pushkov said. “Russia watched from the sidelines,” Pushkov added.

“At the same time you could see countries of the West actively working in Ukraine. And while undermining the state power in Ukraine, they were not thinking about possible consequences,” the head of the parliamentary committee said.