Comment: The EU official claiming that Russia ‘violates international law’ is none other than Federica Mogherini, the Vice-President of the European Commission. After all that the EU has done to turn international law on its head somebody had to come out and say exactly what Zakharova says:

“When is Brussels going to bring to justice the countries that violated every existing provision of international law, making the lives of the people that live in the Middle East and North Africa a hell on earth, which they now call a ‘mistake’?”

Federica Mogherini declared: “There will be no return to business as usual until Russia again respects its iternational [sic] commitments and international law”.

1. International commitments: What are the “international commitments” that Russia does not respect? Do they mention the Minsk Protocol? Drafted by the ‘Normandy Four’, it calls on both sides to carry out the agreed commitments on a daily basis, so, Ms Mogherini, why not call out the Kiev signatories and their sponsors, including those from the EU?

Was it not the Budapest Memorandum that guaranteed the respect of the sovereignty of Ukraine? And was it not violated by the EU countries long before the Crimea referendum, by twice supporting the anti-constitutional actions on the Maidan, undermining the country’s fragile social and political balance?

2. International law: When has Russia not respected international law? When it didn’t let the UN collapse which our western partners tried to make happen fifteen years ago through “revelatory scandals” that would discredit the organization? Or when Russia justifies not supporting ‘coalitions’ that bypass official international channels and procedures and thus have no legal status?

3. The EU – international commitments – international law: What provisions of international law justifies the presence of EU members in Syria? Not to mention what they did in Libya! And Iraq! Why doesn’t the EU, which calls for the observance of international law, require a report to the UN Security Council on the implementation of the Afghanistan operation? When is Brussels going to bring to justice the countries that violated every existing provision of international law, making the lives of the people that live in the Middle East and North Africa a hell on earth, which they now call a ‘mistake’?

What provisions of international law allow the EU to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign countries, including military intervention? Why doesn’t the EU require that those who supported the redrawing of Serbia’s borders by annexing Kosovo in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, be brought to justice? What international laws justify Brussels declaring Kosovo a sovereign state? Why did EU members forget about the agreement initiated by them between Yanukovych and the opposition that guaranteed the reversal of the coup, the neglect of which resulted in bloody massacres all over the country?

When is the EU going to observe international law in relation to refugees? Will the European Union ever do in good faith what it calls upon others to do?

4. Business as usual: There will never be a return to it, not because of “Russia” but as a matter of principle.