The West's attempts at escalation will not lead to Russia's exhaustion, as they expect, but will result in the near strategic defeat of the West itself, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin said on Tuesday. "I state with complete certainty that further escalation will not lead to Russia’s exhaustion, as it is expected in Washington and London, but will bring closer strategic defeat of the West itself," Naryshkin said in an interview with Russian magazine Razvedchik.