Why would anyone trust what the US and EU governments tell them?
Given events of the last 20 years, can’t think of a good reason. At the time of the fall of the USSR, the west had some cred. After the ‘nation building’ attempts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the failed exits in both cases by Democrat admins elected by fickle Americans, or stolen if one is inclined to believe, we have zero cred.
“Why would anyone trust what the US and EU governments tell them?”
You don’t. You validate anything said by any government. Especially the criminal regime in Russia that’s run by a train station whore.