Aug. 8, 2024 (EIRNS)—On Sunday August 4, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov—one of the country’s most senior diplomats—delivered studied, sobering remarks in an interview with “Rossiya-1” TV channel. He announced that “the era of Moscow’s unilateral concessions [to the U.S. and NATO] is now definitely over.” He also reported on “extremely disturbing” terrorist plans against Russia—apparently including a plot by the U.S.-backed Ukrainian government to assassinate President Putin.