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The Kremlin said Friday that the European Union’s decision to grant candidate status to Ukraine, where Russia is waging a military campaign, is entirely “an internal matter” of the union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“These are, of course, internal European issues,” Peskov told reporters at a news conference. “It is essential for us that all these processes do not bring more problems to us and in the relations of the above-mentioned countries with us. “And that does not lead to a further deterioration of our relations with the EU.”<\/p>\n
Also on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the European perspective of Ukraine and Moldova did not pose a “threat” to Russia, as he said the EU is not a military alliance.<\/p>\n
However, he accused the EU and NATO of assembling a “coalition” to prepare for war with Russia, comparing them to the Nazi alliance of World War II.<\/p>\n
“Hitler under his banner had united a large number of European countries to fight against the Soviet Union,” Lavrov said during a working visit to Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n
“Today the EU and NATO are joining such a coalition to wage war against Russia.”<\/p>\n
Russia’s relations with the West have been at an all-time low since President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine, sparking a barrage of sanctions against Moscow.<\/p>\n
EU leaders on Thursday granted candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, but said Georgia, which also applied for membership, could only receive the status after the outstanding issues are addressed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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