THE INTERPRETER: Unlike Washington, Russia Makes Every Effort to Bring Peace to Middle East :"Putin's Russia is committed to international law, while the United States de facto and de jure acts like a wrecking ball," the newspaper asserted, offering post-Cold War era as an example. "It has been a period of regional wars conducted in the US interests, which turned neighboring countries into ruins, forced millions to flee and robbed them of their history and livelihood."