MOSCOW, August 7. /TASS/. The West has completely failed in its attempts to defeat Russia and strangle its economy, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

"Their goal is to prolong the conflict in Europe and Ukraine for as long as possible. They seek to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, strangle its economy, bring about regime change, and isolate it on the international stage," the senior diplomat noted. "They have completely failed on all four of these fronts. But they continue down this path," he pointed out.

According to the deputy foreign minister, there are a huge number of disagreements and divisions in Europe on economic and migration issues. "The deeper these divisions become, the more 'Russophobia' they use to cover them up," Grushko stressed.