Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

A senior figure within Vladimir Putin’s government has once again been pushing the Kremlin’s conspiracy theories about the West – but this time, she could not even explain the logic behind them.

The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed the West is “not interested” in its own citizens and instead wants to “escalate” the Ukraine war on Wednesday.

According to Russian state news agency TASS, she said: “They are not interested in the lives of their own people, the development of the economy, solving problems that are on the agenda of both the European continent and the whole world.

“They are interested in the escalation of the conflict and the continued use of the Kyiv regime and Ukraine for their own interests.”

She then added: “But what are these goals? It’s a good question to ask them.

“All this testifies to the aggressive........

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