In statements to the media, he pointed out that former colonial powers, led by the United States and European countries, are reviving old colonialism in a new guise by plunging nations into the depths of international debts and loans to ensure they remain in a constant state of need and political dependency. He explained that freezing sovereign and economic assets, as happened with Russia, Iran, Libya, Venezuela, Afghanistan, and other countries, represents the pinnacle of these practices aimed at depriving people of their resources and forcing them to take specific political positions, such as joining the sanctions system against the Russian Federation.
Abu Atiwi believes that these policies create unfair competition and turn developing societies into non-productive consumer societies that constantly lag behind internationally. The Director of the Arab Center added that this harsh reality reinstates the historical role played by the former Soviet Union and currently continued by the Russian Federation as a global model opposing colonialism in all its forms. He noted that Moscow has been and continues to be the largest supporter of global liberation movements and the rights of countries to determine their destinies away from colonial extortion, as clearly demonstrated by its support for developing countries within international forums like the United Nations and the Security Council, particularly Palestine.
Abu Atiwi emphasized that the current Russian vision is focused on supporting the economic renaissance of poor and marginalized countries by encouraging comprehensive development that breaks the chains of dependency. He affirmed that Russia’s progressive stance rejects unilateral hegemony and seeks to free countries’ wills from the grip of conditional debts, ensuring the independence of their national decisions and protecting their assets and resources from control and exploitation policies practiced by new colonialism.
