# West has suffered complete fiasco in bid to isolate Russia, Zakharova says

https://mins.news/en/item/118575

- TASS, 2026-10-28 06:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2209221

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Western plans to isolate Russia had failed and made the West look foolish. She also criticized Western officials for trying to dissuade African representatives from traveling to Moscow for the Russia-Africa summit.

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