Europe · Russia · conflict (европа · россия · конфликт)

Ambassador to the OSCE: Europe could provoke a conflict with Russia by 2030. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an article titled 'Ukraine, Europe, and Global Security', stated that European countries intend to prepare for a conflict with Russia by 2030.

Consensus

Europe may be drawn into a conflict with Russia before 2030
The European Union uses the narrative of 'aggressive Russia' as a justification for escalating tensions
There is a lowering of the threshold for potential provocations that could involve Europe in war
The OSCE permanent representative of Russia, Dmitry Polyansky, made the initial statement

Points of divergence

Sergey Lavrov stated that European countries intend to prepare for conflict with Russia by 2030, and that a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO could quickly escalate to nuclear exchange — kommersant
Alexei Zhuravlev claimed that Europe is already ready to enter direct conflict with Russia, but lacks support from the U.S. and guarantees from Donald Trump — vesti

Coverage (2 sources)

Ambassador to the OSCE: Europe could trigger a conflict with Russia by 2030 — Коммерсантъ
OSCE warns Europe could trigger conflict with Russia by 2030 — Вести