People in North Macedonia understand that they will derive no benefit from their country joining Europe's anti-Russian coalition, Russian Ambassador to Skopje Dmitry Zykov told TASS. "North Macedonia’s joining the 'coalition of the willing' in no way promotes peaceful efforts, no matter how much the founders of this anti-Russian 'club' might want to convince everyone otherwise," he said. "At the same time, the reaction of the North Macedonian public to the country’s accession to the 'coalition' is quite understandable. "Obviously, taking part in fanning tensions in Europe is absolutely contrary to North Macedonia’s national interests. He emphasized that the only beneficiaries from North Macedonia’s participation in the 'coalition of the willing' are those who invented this "initiative."