The European Union has turn out to be hostile and has “misplaced” Russia, and Moscow will cope with Europe in a tricky vogue if want be, International Minister Sergei Lavrov stated in an interview printed on Tuesday.

“The European Union has ‘misplaced Russia. However it’s its personal fault,” Lavrov informed the web site Argumenty i Fatky. “It’s the EU member international locations and EU leaders who overtly declare it’s essential to inflict, as they name it, a strategic defeat on Russia.”

Lavrov stated Russia had determined find out how to strategy Europe because it was supplying the “felony regime” in Kyiv with weapons and instructors.

“In reply to hostile steps, we’ll act in a tricky method if vital, primarily based on Russia’s nationwide pursuits and the ideas of reciprocity accepted in diplomatic observe.”