ONE WORLD-NEWS
Ignoring
Sovereignty
of
The
Countries
By
Putin's
Russia
16 August 2021
Vladimir Putin and his associates (the deputats) in the Russian lower parliament (Duma) and the Kremlin's news presenters (propagandists) repeatedly have said that they "do not recognize the sovereognty of the former
Soviet republics".
On 22 July 2021 The Institute of Modern Russia, Inc (IMR) "imrussia.org" published an article entitled "Putin’s article as a manifesto against Ukraine’s sovereignty" written by Mykola Vorobiov.
Source:
imrussia.
org|
By
Mykola
Vorobiov|
23
July
2021:
Putin’s
article
as
a
manifesto
against
Ukraine’s
sovereignty
Mykola Vorobiov writes:
"In 2005, during his address to the Federal Assembly, Putin called the collapse of the USSR “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of [the 20th] century, ”leading to “tens of millions of compatriots finding themselves outside of the country, which became a real tragedy for the Russian people.”
On August 05, 2021 The Institute of Modern Russia, Inc (IMR) "imrussia.org" published an article entitled "Sergei Guriev: “We may already be seeing Russia’s return to the repressive dictatorship of the 20th century” written by Olga Khvostunova.
Source:
imrussia.
org|
By
Olga
Khvostunova|
05
August
2021:
Sergei
Guriev:
“We
may
already
be
seeing
Russia’s
return
to
the
repressive
dictatorship
of the
20th
century”
Olga Khvostunova writes:
"December 26, 2021, will mark 30 years since the Soviet Union was officially dissolved."
The author addresses:
"As such, the Institute of Modern Russia is launching a series of interviews with experts to discuss the post-Soviet decades, identify the key issues of the Russian transition, and their impact on Russia's political system and society today."
The writer explains:
"In the third installment of the series, professor of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and economist Sergei Guriev discusses the Putin regime’s economic problems, the political reasons for the stagnation, and the future of Russia’s information autocracy."
Source:
imrussia.
org|
By
Olga
Khvostunova|
05
August
2021:
Sergei
Guriev:
“We
may
already
be
seeing
Russia’s
return
to
the
repressive
dictatorship
of the
20th
century”
Professor Sergei Guriev [the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and economist] addresses the following:
"When sanctions were imposed after Crimea, Russia did not annex Donbass, although a referendum on independence in eastern Ukraine was held in early May 2014."
Professor Sergei Guriev (S.G.) explains:
"When sanctions were imposed after the downing of the Malaysian Boeing, Russia entered into negotiations in the so-called“Minsk format,” stopped talking about Novorossia—six Ukrainian regions that were supposed to become part of Russia—and declared that Donetsk and Luhansk are part of Ukraine."
S.G. adds:
"In this sense, sanctions have been completely successful."
Source:
imrussia.
org|
By
Olga
Khvostunova|
05
August
2021:
Sergei
Guriev:
“We
may
already
be
seeing
Russia’s
return
to
the
repressive
dictatorship
of the
20th
century”
According to Sergei Guriev:
"There are still many friends of Vladimir Putin who are not fully sanctioned, and there is a huge list of Russian oligarchs who have not been sanctioned at all."
S.G. points out:
"But the addition of each new person to the blacklist, of course, raises tensions in the Kremlin."
S.G. points out:
"This can be seen in how harshly the Kremlin speaks out against sanctions, how it tries to fight them through its lobbyists in Washington and in Europe."
Source:
imrussia.
org|
By
Olga
Khvostunova|
05
August
2021:
Sergei
Guriev:
“We
may
already
be
seeing
Russia’s
return
to
the
repressive
dictatorship
of the
20th
century”
Professor Sergei Guriev (S.G.) explains:
"The Russian economy has remained undiversified, and today it is also isolated from the world due to sanctions and counter-sanctions. Russia’s desire to self-isolate from the world after 2014 is a problem that makes it impossible to get out of the stagnation trap."
According to him:
"Corruption, lack of competition, and state dominance constitute another block of problems that arose under Putin."
Source:
imrussia.
org|
By
Olga
Khvostunova|
05
August
2021:
Sergei
Guriev:
“We
may
already
be
seeing
Russia’s
return
to
the
repressive
dictatorship
of the
20th
century”
On 04 June 2021 Institute of Modern Russia (IMR) addresses that new books offer insights into power, narratives, and opposition in Putin’s Russia.
Timothy Frye, Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy at Columbia University and a research director at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow in his book entitled "Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia
Timothy Frye, Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy" writes:
"The Kremlin often manipulates elections to gain a majority, but it can’t engage in too much of what looks illegitimate."
Source:
imrussia.
org|
Institute
of
Modern
Russia|
04
June
2021:
New
books
offer
insights
into
power,
narratives,
and
opposition
in
Putin’s
Russia
The author (T. F.) addresses:
"The Kremlin manipulates news and media, but not in a way that goes too far, or causes people to stop watching."
The writer (T. F.) points out:
"It represses political opponents but not so much as to spark a political backlash;
it uses corruption to help its cronies but not so much that it leads to protests and economic backlash."
Professor Timothy Frye states:
"The Kremlin engages in provocations in foreign policy, using anti-Western rhetoric in talks within the administration, but not so much that it leads to war."
Source:
imrussia.
org|
Institute
of
Modern
Russia|
04
June
2021:
New
books
offer
insights
into
power,
narratives,
and
opposition
in
Putin’s
Russia
it uses corruption to help its cronies but not so much that it leads to protests and economic backlash."
Since Nov 10 ,2020, Officially, Putin's Russia has occupied over 4000 sq km of the Azerbaijani territories in the upper Karabakh region.
"Russia is not for peacekeeping in the Karabakh of Azerbaijan but for creation of its military base."
"Fooling the Azerbaijani people doesn't work. The Russian invaders are not for peacekeeping mission in the Karabakh. The brainwashing does not work."
Russia
Has
Occupied
Karabakh!
Why
Fooling
People?
16 August 2021
Russia itself confesses that it has occupied the Nagorno Karabakh and it has a plan to annex this Azerbaijani region to Russia.
There are serveral influential members of the Russian parliament (Duma) are promissing to annex the Karabakh to Russia.
The members of Duma like Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy, Vladimir Wolfovich Zhirinovsky, Zatulin clearly say: "Forget that Karabakh will return to Azerbaijan."
"These members of the Russian parliament speak what Vladimir Putin openly doesn't say to Azerbaijan.
Putin and his cowboys Sergey Lavtov (Foreign Minister), Sergei Shoigu (Defense Minister) clearly imply that the Karabakh region has been occcupied by Russia.
Russia has no peacekeeping mission in the occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
Russia has occupied over 4000 sq km from the Azerbaijani territories in the Karabakh region.
Fooling the Azerbaijani people with the fake Russian peacekeerpers serves to the Russian intetests.
Why these political experts are used to lie?
How long brainwashing? Brainwasing with the fake Russian peacekeepers who are truely the invaders?
On 16 August 2021 Turan Az News published a trport entitled "Azerbaijan is eligible to take control of Lachin-Tofig Zulfugarov".
Source:
turan.
az|
16
August
2021:
Azerbaijan
is
eligible
to
take
control
of
Lachin
–
Tofig
Zulfugarov
Turan Az quotes the former Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Tofig Zulfigarov as saying:
"There are two types of peacekeeping operations: ensuring security measures that are taken with full respect for the sovereignty of the host country; and "peace enforcing" operations that are carried out by a decision of the UN Security Council and admit sovereignty restrictions."
Mr. Tofig Zulfigarov explains:
"The mission of Russian peacekeepers goes back to the first type and is carried out on the territory of Azerbaijan which is not questioned by anyone, including the Russian Federation."
T. Z. states:
"In this respect, Baku, in keeping with the international law, calls for control over entry and exit to its territory through Lachin."
Source:
turan.
az|
16
August
2021:
Azerbaijan
is
eligible
to
take
control
of
Lachin
–
Tofig
Zulfugarov
Mr. Zulfigarov points out:
"There should be joint control of the Azerbaijani and Russian military in the Lachin corridor."
According to him:
"The peacekeepers from the Russian Federation should ensure security while the Azerbaijani side should exercise control over entry and cargo."
Source:
turan.
az|
16
August
2021:
Azerbaijan
is
eligible
to
take
control
of
Lachin
–
Tofig
Zulfugarov
Mr. Zulfigarov informs:
"In considering that the corridor is humanitarian, military goods, and especially military personnel, cannot be delivered through it."
The former Foreign Minster from Azerbaijan addresses:
"The entry of foreigners must be carried out in line with official border procedures of Azerbaijan."
He stresses:
"A special procedure for crossing the border might temporarily be applied to persons of Armenian nationality living on the territory of Azerbaijan."
Source:
turan.
az|
16
August
2021:
Azerbaijan
is
eligible
to
take
control
of
Lachin
–
Tofig
Zulfugarov
Question:
Can Azerbaijan withdraw from the joint statement if Baku's demands are not taken into account?
Turan Az News addresses:
"In reply to the question, Zulfugarov noted that if Armenia fails to comply with items of the statement, refusing to completely withdraw its military from Karabakh and disagreeing with the opening of the Zangezur corridor, then Azerbaijan can consider itself free from obligations."
Turan Az News writes:
"As viewed by Zulfugarov, Azerbaijan does not violate its obligations, nor prevent the Russian peacekeepers from carrying out their activities to ensure the safety of the Armenian residents."
Mr. Zulfigarov says:
"Currently, Karabakh is depopulated, and five thousand people more have left the region over the past month than they entered."
He addresses:
"The transfer of the Armenian military to Karabakh is due to the depopulation of the region, and there is no one to set up posts there."
Source:
turan.
az|
16
August
2021:
Azerbaijan
is
eligible
to
take
control
of
Lachin
–
Tofig
Zulfugarov
Question:
What is the reason for tightening of Armenia's position recently and the frequent shelling of Azerbaijani positions?
Turan News explains:
"In reply to the question, Zulfugarov noted that the peace treaty necessarily implies mutual recognition of the territorial integrity of the parties, so the Armenian side goes to provocations."
T. Z. states:
"Yerevan is not ready for this and seeking, in every possible way, to revive the thesis of self-determination of Karabakh."
Source:
turan.
az|
16
August
2021:
Azerbaijan
is
eligible
to
take
control
of
Lachin
–
Tofig
Zulfugarov
Question:
Can the OSCE Minsk Group play a role in the current situation?
Turan News explains:
"According to Zulfugarov, the future fate of the Minsk Group depends on Azerbaijan."
T. Z. points out:
"At the time, Baku asked for mediation in the settlement of the conflict."
Mr. Zulfigarov states:
"However, it failed, and Azerbaijan resolved the conflict itself."
Source:
turan.
az|
16
August
2021:
Azerbaijan
is
eligible
to
take
control
of
Lachin
–
Tofig
Zulfugarov
United
Nations|
Noble
Laureate
Jennifer
Doudna:
"Smashing
all
barriers
for
all
girls
and
women
in
science
United
Nations|
Noble
Laureate
Emmanuelle
Charpentier:
"Women
in
science
change"
Jennifer
Doudna
explains
how
CRISPR
can
be
used
to
fight
COVID
-19
Russia's
Attempts
To
Maintain
Influence
Over
Ethnic
Russians
In abroad
19 Feb 2021
On July 2, 2020 The Foreign Policy Research Institute in its website "fpri.org" published an article entitled "Fading Russian Influence in the Baltic States" written by Una Bergmane.
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
Una Bergmane writes (abstract):
"Since the beginning of Vladimir Putin's rule in Russia 20 years ago, Russia has lost much of the leverage that it previously enjoyed in the Baltics."
The author explains:
"On the one hand, Russia has antagonized Baltic states through its wars in Georgia and Ukraine, on the other hand, deep integration in the EU and NATO has pulled the Baltic states from the Russian zone of influence."
The writer addresses:
"This article discusses the gradual decrease of Russia's influence in the Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania while considering the increased NATO presence in the region, Baltic energy security, and Baltic Russian-speaking communities."
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una Bergmane writes:
"As former Soviet republics with large Russian-speaking minorities, Estonia and Latvia often seemed to outside observers to be breeding grounds for future conflicts."
The writer says:
"Russia has antagonized the Baltic states through its actions against Georgia and Ukraine, and its deeper integration into the EU and NATO and changes in political culture have reduced Russian soft power."
The author addresses:
"One of the key elements of Russia's soft power is the so-called “compatriot policy,” which is designed to strengthen ties between Russia and Russian speakers living in other countries."
The writer explains:
"The concept of the Ruskiy Mir-the Russian World-works in two different ways."
Una Bergmane writes:
First, it is a nationalist concept that claims the existence of an imagined Russian-speaking community, scattered around the post-Soviet space, united by a heroic past, orthodox faith, and language."
"Second, it is a neo-imperialist term asserting a special connection between the Russian state and Russian speakers, regardless of their place of residence or citizenship."
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
The aurhor adds:
"Following this logic, Russia has a right and a duty to protect the interests of compatriots abroad, even at the expense of other states’ sovereignty."
"Countries with large Russian-speaking communities are part of the Russian World, whether they want to be or not."
Ms. Bergmane addresses:
"Russia's attempts to maintain influence over ethnic Russians abroad is a sensitive question for Estonia and Latvia, given their ethnic diversity."
The author explains:
"Because of large-scale immigration during the Soviet period, 25.2 percent of Latvian inhabitants and 24.8 percent of Estonian residents are of Russian descent."
The writer points out:
"By contrast, Lithuania is more homogenous, with 84 percent of the population being ethnically Lithuanian."
Una Bergmane statea:
"Furthermore, Russian is often spoken at home by Estonians, Latvians, Ukrainians, and Belorussians, making Russian the first language of 30 percent and 34 percent of Estonia's and Latvia's population, respectively."
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
The author addresses:
"The Estonian border town Narva, with its large Russian speaking population and its picturesque Hermann Castle facing Russian Ivangorod Fortress just across the Narva River, was especially captivating for foreign media."
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
Ms. Bergmane adds:
"Yet, the Baltic reality is more complex. While Ukraine, despite the efforts of the 2004 Orange Revolution, was situated in Moscow's zone of influence until 2014, the Baltic states had gradually, but steadily, pulled themselves from the Russian sphere since the early 1990s."
The writer points out:
"Paradoxically, since Vladimir Putin's arrival in the Kremlin 20 years ago, Russia's ability to influence or even destabilize the Baltic states has decreased. This loss of influence primarily has been of Moscow's own making."
According to Ms. Bergamne:
The wars in Georgia and especially in Ukraine have antagonized the Baltic societies and brought NATO troops to defend them."
"At the same time," the author writes, "the political culture in the Baltic states has changed dramatically over the last two decades, limiting Russian influence over their societies."
Una Bergmane addresses:
"Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian accession to both NATO and the European Union was a geopolitical loss for the Russian Federation."
The author points out:
"At the same time, it was also a logical result of Baltic aims to “return to Europe,” launched in the late 1980s during the independence struggle."
The author states:
"When Putin became President of the Russian Federation on December 31, 1999, a narrative about the rise of fascism and human rights abuses in the Baltic states already existed in Russia."
"At the same time, Baltic citizens associated the new Russian president with the bloody war in Chechenia and the promise to “whack Chechens in the outhouse”."[*]
[*]Rémi Camus, “‘We’ll whack them, even in the outhouse’: on a phrase by V.V. Putin,” Kultura, October 10, 2006, pp. 3-8.
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una Bergmane writes:
"The honeymoon of the early Putin-George W. Bush relationship, intensified by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, made it easier for the Russian Federation to tolerate Baltic NATO membership, which occurred in 2004."
The author addresses:
"At the same time, though the 1998-1999 economic crisis had weakened Baltic-Russian trade relations, Russia was still able to exercise considerable economic and political influence in the Baltics."
"At the time, there were no NATO or American troops in the Baltics."
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
Ms. Bergmane notes:
"Until the 2014 Ukrainian crisis, the only boots-on-the-ground NATO presence in the Baltics was the Baltic air policing mission which various NATO member states assured in rotation."
The writer adds:
"However, at the 2016 Warsaw summit, NATO member states agreed to deploy battle groups to Baltic states and Poland."
The author addresses:
"The Ukrainian experience not only motivated Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to meet the two percent NATO military budget target, but it is significantly increased U.S military assistance to the Baltic states."
Ms. Bergmane explains:
"Under the Foreign Military Financing program, the United States has invested $150 million in developing Baltic defense capabilities and sold defense assets worth approximately $456.7 million."[**]
[**]U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Security Cooperation with the Baltic States, July 17, 2019, https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-the-baltic-states/.
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
Russia's
Invasions
Initiated
By
Vladimir
Putin
19 Feb 2021
Russia's invasions in Azetbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine were inititiated by Vladimir Putin.
Russia invades and occupies the territories of Azetbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin's soldiers occupy the territories of other nations. Why?
For many reasons. The geopolitics is one reason and expansionism is another one.
On 30 December 2013 The Fletcher Security "fletchersecurity.com" published an article entitled "Nagorno Karabakh: Russia's Proxy War In the Caucasus" written by Alexandros Petersen.
Alexandros Petersen writes:
"By simmering along in a violent, but tolerable (for Russia) state, creating a gaping chasm of instability in the middle of the South Caucasus, Russia achieves a number of strategic aims without direct intervention:
it pressures Western-oriented and energy-rich Azerbaijan, ensuring that despite its growing independence of policy, Russia holds a hammer above its head; and it provides an important ace up Russia’s sleeve to menace European energy and transport projects, mostly oil and gas pipelines that snake from the Caspian Sea through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to the EU."
Source:
Fletchersecurity.org:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
***If the article is deleted please read about it in the noblecity blogspot.com
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
Mr. Petesen addresses:
"The simmering conflict serves the same purpose when it comes to U.S. and NATO supply lines – the so-called Northern Distribution Network (NDN) – to and from Afghanistan, and will continue to block Western plans for a “New Silk Road” through the region to bolster Afghanistan’s economy."
The author explains:
"It is a potential geopolitical grenade to throw if greater instability suits Russia in the region, and the conflict provides a ready excuse for greater Russian military and diplomatic involvement should the international community seek greater security in the region."
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
Alexandros Petersen writes:
Most of all, constant fighting keeps Armenia in a stranglehold."
The author points out:
"It ensured that Yerevan recently joined Moscow’s neo-Soviet Customs Union, that Armenia maintains a subordinate membership within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and that Armenia does not integrate further into the EU and NATO."
Mr. Petersen explains:
"For Russia, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a low-cost, low-effort proxy war yielding geopolitical returns."
According to the author:
"The conflict helps Russia to indirectly pressure Azerbaijan, the EU, NATO, and the United States, as well as to maintain a hand in the economies and major infrastructure projects of the region."
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
Alexandros Petersen writes:
"Russia’s security commitments to Armenia and capabilities in the region mean that Moscow may have to make good on its commitments at some point in the future, but for the moment, as the region suffers continuing instability, Russia gains continued clout amongst its neighbors."
The author addresses:
"By grasping the nettle of the Karabakh conflict, Western powers can begin to reformulate their Eurasia policy, from one in which the region is simply a thoroughfare to Afghanistan, to one of understanding the region as warranting strategic attention for its own sake."
Source:
Fletchersecurity.org:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
***If the article is deleted please read about it in the noblecity blogspot.com
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
***
Dr. Alexandros Petersen was the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West who was killed in a restaurant in Afghanistan when a bomb exploded and killed many people including Mr. Petersen.
Links:
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Conflict
Aftermath
of
the
Russia-
Georgia
War
The
Caucasus
the
Next
Battleground
For
Russia
and
Turkey
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07
May
2021:
Statement
on
trucks
coming
from
Iran
to
Khankendi
Carl Bildt:
From the European point of view, by far the biggest barrier is
Russia's
Policies
In
Immediate
Neighborhood
21 Feb 2021
The Feb. 18, 2021 issue of The Washington Post "washingtonpost.com" published an article entitled "Opinion:Why the West’s attempts to reset relations with Russia have failed again and again" written by Carl Bildt.
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt writes:
"From the European point of view, by far the biggest barrier is Russia’s policies in its immediate neighborhood. The recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent countries, as well as the aggression against Ukraine with first the annexation of Crimea and then the establishment of a Russian statelet in Donbas, are violations of fundamental principles of European security."
The author addresses:
"In 2016, when the E.U. set up some principles to base its relations with Russia on, the first was the full respect for the Minsk agreement on the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity in Donbas."
"So far, the Kremlin hasn’t been willing to take any credible steps in this direction."
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt explains:
"The Kremlin’s expectations with its attempts at dialogue on issues of European security are twofold."
The author states:
"First, it wants to have recognized, directly or indirectly, a right to have a say in the policies of its immediate neighbors, de facto reducing their sovereignty."
"Second, it wants to get rid of existing OSCE and other commitments to human rights and thus be allowed a free hand to repress its citizens at will."
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Mr. Bildt writes:
"The lessons to be learned from the multitude of reset failures is that it’s only by firmly resisting these attempts that we can over time get Russia to reset its own policies."
"That is the only credible path to a more constructive relationship."
The author points out:
"As former foreign minister of Moldova Nicu Popescu puts it, Russia “will be incentivized to seek a reset only when it hits the wall of Western intransigence without maintaining hope that it can circumvent such intransigence, or wait it out.”
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt quotes Nicu Papescu as saying, "For now, offering Russia resets every other year only leads to greater Russian disregard for Western interests in eastern European security or in the Middle East."
"Then, of course, domestic issues in Russia come into play."
The author addresses:
"As Kadri Liik of the European Council on Foreign Relations put it, the E.U. and the United States might have to “prepare for years of frustration in their relationship with a regime in Moscow that is slowly decaying, unable to renew itself, and fears for its survival.”"
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Russian President Vladimir Putin's monkey theater in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan [under the umbrella term of Russian peacekeeing contingents] has many goals:
-To make the occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan [i.e. occupied by Russia] a permanent military base for Russia.
-To establish the 2nd Armenian republic with the Armenian separatists [in the occupied territory of Azerbaijan.]
-To provide the Russian passports to the Armenian separatists in the occupied Karabakh and to make the Armenians the Russian citizens.
-To make the Russian language the 2nd official language in the occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
-To distance Turkey and NATO from the South Caucasus.
To control all strategic corridors in the Karabakh region which connect this region to Iran, Turkey and the
morherland Azerbaijan which connects the European countries to China and the
other Asian countries.
-To control the gas piplines between Turkey and Europe in the South Caucasus.
By having a hegemonic roles [military as well as economics] be able to control Iran, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
-Having a military and economic bases [in the occupied territories of Karabakh of Azerbaijan] Russia can easily access to the countries in the Middle East as well as to Africa.
The Feb. 2, 2021 issue of The Washington Post published an article entitled "Navalny’s fiery indictment of the ‘small man in a bunker’ could rattle Putin’s autocracy" written by
Editorial Board.
The editorial board address:
"The Putin regime is probably not at risk of collapse."
The editorial board explain:
"But its leader clearly fears the possibility of a “color revolution” like those that toppled autocratic and pro-Moscow regimes in Ukraine and Georgia."
The Biden administration and European Union should follow up with sanctions against the Russian officials involved in the latest repression — and they should heed the pleas of Mr. Navalny for action to expose and freeze the illicit assets held by Mr. Putin and his..."
Source:
Navalny’s
fiery
indictment
of
the
‘small
man
in
a
bunker’
could
rattle
Putin’s
autocracy
The September 8, 2019 of The Bloomberg "bloomberg.com" published an article entitled "French Ministers Visit Moscow in First Such Meeting Since 2014" written by Gregory Viscusi.
Source:
French
Ministers
Visit
Moscow
in
First
Such
Meeting
Since
2014
Gregory Viscusi writes:
"Macron has criticized Russia’s cyber-meddling in other country’s elections and its crackdown on domestic opposition, but at the same time he and his aides have argued that working with Russia is essential to solving a slew of foreign policy crises from Syria to Libya to Iran."
The author quotes Emanuelle Macron [in an Aug. 27 speech to France’s ambassadors, where he claimed a “deep state” within the foreign ministry was hampering his outreach to Moscow]
as saying,
"Pushing Russia away from Europe is a profound strategic error because it would isolate Russia and only increase international tensions.”
Macron [in an Aug. 27 speech to France’s ambassadors, where he claimed a “deep state” within the foreign ministry was hampering his outreach to Moscow] adds:
Source:
French
Ministers
Visit
Moscow
in
First
Such
Meeting
Since
2014
Macron
:Nations
must
define
the
red
lines
with
Russia
unian.info
Zelensky
Office
chief's
advisor
names
goal
of
Russia's
military
build-
up
along
Ukraine
borders
19
April
2021|
Reuters:
Russian
Military
Numbers
More
Than
150,000
Troops
Brookings
(18 March
2019):
Five
Years
After
Crimea's
Illegal
Annexation
the
Issue
Is
No
Closer
to
Resolution
"One of the key elements of Russia's soft power is the so-called “compatriot policy,” which is designed to strengthen ties between Russia and Russian speakers living in other countries."
The writer explains:
"The concept of the Ruskiy Mir-the Russian World-works in two different ways."
Una Bergmane writes:
First, it is a nationalist concept that claims the existence of an imagined Russian-speaking community, scattered around the post-Soviet space, united by a heroic past, orthodox faith, and language."
"Second, it is a neo-imperialist term asserting a special connection between the Russian state and Russian speakers, regardless of their place of residence or citizenship."
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
The aurhor adds:
"Following this logic, Russia has a right and a duty to protect the interests of compatriots abroad, even at the expense of other states’ sovereignty."
"Countries with large Russian-speaking communities are part of the Russian World, whether they want to be or not."
Ms. Bergmane addresses:
"Russia's attempts to maintain influence over ethnic Russians abroad is a sensitive question for Estonia and Latvia, given their ethnic diversity."
The author explains:
"Because of large-scale immigration during the Soviet period, 25.2 percent of Latvian inhabitants and 24.8 percent of Estonian residents are of Russian descent."
The writer points out:
"By contrast, Lithuania is more homogenous, with 84 percent of the population being ethnically Lithuanian."
Una Bergmane statea:
"Furthermore, Russian is often spoken at home by Estonians, Latvians, Ukrainians, and Belorussians, making Russian the first language of 30 percent and 34 percent of Estonia's and Latvia's population, respectively."
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
The author addresses:
"The Estonian border town Narva, with its large Russian speaking population and its picturesque Hermann Castle facing Russian Ivangorod Fortress just across the Narva River, was especially captivating for foreign media."
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
Ms. Bergmane adds:
"Yet, the Baltic reality is more complex. While Ukraine, despite the efforts of the 2004 Orange Revolution, was situated in Moscow's zone of influence until 2014, the Baltic states had gradually, but steadily, pulled themselves from the Russian sphere since the early 1990s."
The writer points out:
"Paradoxically, since Vladimir Putin's arrival in the Kremlin 20 years ago, Russia's ability to influence or even destabilize the Baltic states has decreased. This loss of influence primarily has been of Moscow's own making."
According to Ms. Bergamne:
The wars in Georgia and especially in Ukraine have antagonized the Baltic societies and brought NATO troops to defend them."
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
"At the same time," the author writes, "the political culture in the Baltic states has changed dramatically over the last two decades, limiting Russian influence over their societies."
Una Bergmane addresses:
"Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian accession to both NATO and the European Union was a geopolitical loss for the Russian Federation."
The author points out:
"At the same time, it was also a logical result of Baltic aims to “return to Europe,” launched in the late 1980s during the independence struggle."
The author states:
"When Putin became President of the Russian Federation on December 31, 1999, a narrative about the rise of fascism and human rights abuses in the Baltic states already existed in Russia."
"At the same time, Baltic citizens associated the new Russian president with the bloody war in Chechenia and the promise to “whack Chechens in the outhouse”."[*]
[*]Rémi Camus, “‘We’ll whack them, even in the outhouse’: on a phrase by V.V. Putin,” Kultura, October 10, 2006, pp. 3-8.
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una Bergmane writes:
"The honeymoon of the early Putin-George W. Bush relationship, intensified by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, made it easier for the Russian Federation to tolerate Baltic NATO membership, which occurred in 2004."
The author addresses:
"At the same time, though the 1998-1999 economic crisis had weakened Baltic-Russian trade relations, Russia was still able to exercise considerable economic and political influence in the Baltics."
"At the time, there were no NATO or American troops in the Baltics."
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
Ms. Bergmane notes:
"Until the 2014 Ukrainian crisis, the only boots-on-the-ground NATO presence in the Baltics was the Baltic air policing mission which various NATO member states assured in rotation."
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
The writer adds:
"However, at the 2016 Warsaw summit, NATO member states agreed to deploy battle groups to Baltic states and Poland."
The author addresses:
"The Ukrainian experience not only motivated Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to meet the two percent NATO military budget target, but it is significantly increased U.S military assistance to the Baltic states."
Ms. Bergmane explains:
"Under the Foreign Military Financing program, the United States has invested $150 million in developing Baltic defense capabilities and sold defense assets worth approximately $456.7 million."
[**]
[**]U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Security Cooperation with the Baltic States, July 17, 2019, https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-the-baltic-states/.
Source:
FPRI.
ORG:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
NCBI.
NLM.
NIH.
GOV:
Fading
Russian
Influence
in
the
Baltic
States
Una
Bergmane
Russia's
Invasions
Initiated
By
Vladimir
Putin
19 Feb 2021
Russia's invasions in Azetbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine were inititiated by Vladimir Putin.
Russia invades and occupies the territories of Azetbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin's soldiers occupy the territories of other nations. Why?
For many reasons. The geopolitics is one reason and expansionism is another one.
On 30 December 2013 The Fletcher Security "fletchersecurity.com" published an article entitled "Nagorno Karabakh: Russia's Proxy War In the Caucasus" written by Alexandros Petersen.
Alexandros Petersen writes:
"By simmering along in a violent, but tolerable (for Russia) state, creating a gaping chasm of instability in the middle of the South Caucasus, Russia achieves a number of strategic aims without direct intervention:
it pressures Western-oriented and energy-rich Azerbaijan, ensuring that despite its growing independence of policy, Russia holds a hammer above its head; and it provides an important ace up Russia’s sleeve to menace European energy and transport projects, mostly oil and gas pipelines that snake from the Caspian Sea through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to the EU."
Source:
Fletchersecurity.org:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
***If the article is deleted please read about it in the noblecity blogspot.com
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
Mr. Petesen addresses:
"The simmering conflict serves the same purpose when it comes to U.S. and NATO supply lines – the so-called Northern Distribution Network (NDN) – to and from Afghanistan, and will continue to block Western plans for a “New Silk Road” through the region to bolster Afghanistan’s economy."
The author explains:
"It is a potential geopolitical grenade to throw if greater instability suits Russia in the region, and the conflict provides a ready excuse for greater Russian military and diplomatic involvement should the international community seek greater security in the region."
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
Alexandros Petersen writes:
Most of all, constant fighting keeps Armenia in a stranglehold."
The author points out:
"It ensured that Yerevan recently joined Moscow’s neo-Soviet Customs Union, that Armenia maintains a subordinate membership within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and that Armenia does not integrate further into the EU and NATO."
Mr. Petersen explains:
"For Russia, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a low-cost, low-effort proxy war yielding geopolitical returns."
According to the author:
"The conflict helps Russia to indirectly pressure Azerbaijan, the EU, NATO, and the United States, as well as to maintain a hand in the economies and major infrastructure projects of the region."
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
Alexandros Petersen writes:
"Russia’s security commitments to Armenia and capabilities in the region mean that Moscow may have to make good on its commitments at some point in the future, but for the moment, as the region suffers continuing instability, Russia gains continued clout amongst its neighbors."
The author addresses:
"By grasping the nettle of the Karabakh conflict, Western powers can begin to reformulate their Eurasia policy, from one in which the region is simply a thoroughfare to Afghanistan, to one of understanding the region as warranting strategic attention for its own sake."
Source:
Fletchersecurity.org:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
***If the article is deleted please read about it in the noblecity blogspot.com
Noble City:
Nagorno
Karabakh:
Russia's
Proxy
War
In
the
Caucasus
***
Dr. Alexandros Petersen was the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West who was killed in a restaurant in Afghanistan when a bomb exploded and killed many people including Mr. Petersen.
Links:
Karabskh
Conflict
Aftermath
of
the
Russia-
Georgia
War
The
Caucasus
the
Next
Battleground
For
Russia
and
Turkey
شنبه
/ ۱۸
اردیبهشت
۱۴۰۰|
پیشنهاد
های
یک
دکتر
داروساز به
دریافت
کنندگان
واکسن
کرونا
axar.az|
07
May
2021:
Statement
on
trucks
coming
from
Iran
to
Khankendi
Carl Bildt:
From the European point of view, by far the biggest barrier is
Russia's
Policies
In
Immediate
Neighborhood
21 Feb 2021
The Feb. 18, 2021 issue of The Washington Post "washingtonpost.com" published an article entitled "Opinion:Why the West’s attempts to reset relations with Russia have failed again and again" written by Carl Bildt.
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt writes:
"From the European point of view, by far the biggest barrier is Russia’s policies in its immediate neighborhood. The recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent countries, as well as the aggression against Ukraine with first the annexation of Crimea and then the establishment of a Russian statelet in Donbas, are violations of fundamental principles of European security."
The author addresses:
"In 2016, when the E.U. set up some principles to base its relations with Russia on, the first was the full respect for the Minsk agreement on the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity in Donbas."
"So far, the Kremlin hasn’t been willing to take any credible steps in this direction."
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt explains:
"The Kremlin’s expectations with its attempts at dialogue on issues of European security are twofold."
The author states:
"First, it wants to have recognized, directly or indirectly, a right to have a say in the policies of its immediate neighbors, de facto reducing their sovereignty."
"Second, it wants to get rid of existing OSCE and other commitments to human rights and thus be allowed a free hand to repress its citizens at will."
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Mr. Bildt writes:
"The lessons to be learned from the multitude of reset failures is that it’s only by firmly resisting these attempts that we can over time get Russia to reset its own policies."
"That is the only credible path to a more constructive relationship."
The author points out:
"As former foreign minister of Moldova Nicu Popescu puts it, Russia “will be incentivized to seek a reset only when it hits the wall of Western intransigence without maintaining hope that it can circumvent such intransigence, or wait it out.”
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt quotes Nicu Papescu as saying, "For now, offering Russia resets every other year only leads to greater Russian disregard for Western interests in eastern European security or in the Middle East."
"Then, of course, domestic issues in Russia come into play."
The author addresses:
"As Kadri Liik of the European Council on Foreign Relations put it, the E.U. and the United States might have to “prepare for years of frustration in their relationship with a regime in Moscow that is slowly decaying, unable to renew itself, and fears for its survival.”"
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Russian President Vladimir Putin's monkey theater in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan [under the umbrella term of Russian peacekeeing contingents] has many goals:
-To make the occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan [i.e. occupied by Russia] a permanent military base for Russia.
-To establish the 2nd Armenian republic with the Armenian separatists [in the occupied territory of Azerbaijan.]
-To provide the Russian passports to the Armenian separatists in the occupied Karabakh and to make the Armenians the Russian citizens.
-To make the Russian language the 2nd official language in the occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
-To distance Turkey and NATO from the South Caucasus.
To control all strategic corridors in the Karabakh region which connect this region to Iran, Turkey and the
morherland Azerbaijan which connects the European countries to China and the
other Asian countries.
-To control the gas piplines between Turkey and Europe in the South Caucasus.
By having a hegemonic roles [military as well as economics] be able to control Iran, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
-Having a military and economic bases [in the occupied territories of Karabakh of Azerbaijan] Russia can easily access to the countries in the Middle East as well as to Africa.
The Feb. 2, 2021 issue of The Washington Post published an article entitled "Navalny’s fiery indictment of the ‘small man in a bunker’ could rattle Putin’s autocracy" written by
Editorial Board.
The editorial board address:
"The Putin regime is probably not at risk of collapse."
The editorial board explain:
"But its leader clearly fears the possibility of a “color revolution” like those that toppled autocratic and pro-Moscow regimes in Ukraine and Georgia."
The Biden administration and European Union should follow up with sanctions against the Russian officials involved in the latest repression — and they should heed the pleas of Mr. Navalny for action to expose and freeze the illicit assets held by Mr. Putin and his..."
Source:
Navalny’s
fiery
indictment
of
the
‘small
man
in
a
bunker’
could
rattle
Putin’s
autocracy
The September 8, 2019 of The Bloomberg "bloomberg.com" published an article entitled "French Ministers Visit Moscow in First Such Meeting Since 2014" written by Gregory Viscusi.
Source:
French
Ministers
Visit
Moscow
in
First
Such
Meeting
Since
2014
Gregory Viscusi writes:
"Macron has criticized Russia’s cyber-meddling in other country’s elections and its crackdown on domestic opposition, but at the same time he and his aides have argued that working with Russia is essential to solving a slew of foreign policy crises from Syria to Libya to Iran."
The author quotes Emanuelle Macron [in an Aug. 27 speech to France’s ambassadors, where he claimed a “deep state” within the foreign ministry was hampering his outreach to Moscow]
as saying,
"Pushing Russia away from Europe is a profound strategic error because it would isolate Russia and only increase international tensions.”
Macron [in an Aug. 27 speech to France’s ambassadors, where he claimed a “deep state” within the foreign ministry was hampering his outreach to Moscow] adds:
Source:
French
Ministers
Visit
Moscow
in
First
Such
Meeting
Since
2014
Macron
:Nations
must
define
the
red
lines
with
Russia
unian.info
Zelensky
Office
chief's
advisor
names
goal
of
Russia's
military
build-
up
along
Ukraine
borders
19
April
2021|
Reuters:
Russian
Military
Numbers
More
Than
150,000
Troops
Brookings
(18 March
2019):
Five
Years
After
Crimea's
Illegal
Annexation
the
Issue
Is
No
Closer
to
Resolution
Karabskh
Conflict
Aftermath
of
the
Russia-
Georgia
War
The
Caucasus
the
Next
Battleground
For
Russia
and
Turkey
شنبه
/ ۱۸
اردیبهشت
۱۴۰۰|
پیشنهاد
های
یک
دکتر
داروساز به
دریافت
کنندگان
واکسن
کرونا
axar.az|
07
May
2021:
Statement
on
trucks
coming
from
Iran
to
Khankendi
The Feb. 18, 2021 issue of The Washington Post "washingtonpost.com" published an article entitled "Opinion:Why the West’s attempts to reset relations with Russia have failed again and again" written by Carl Bildt.
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt writes:
"From the European point of view, by far the biggest barrier is Russia’s policies in its immediate neighborhood. The recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent countries, as well as the aggression against Ukraine with first the annexation of Crimea and then the establishment of a Russian statelet in Donbas, are violations of fundamental principles of European security."
The author addresses:
"In 2016, when the E.U. set up some principles to base its relations with Russia on, the first was the full respect for the Minsk agreement on the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity in Donbas."
"So far, the Kremlin hasn’t been willing to take any credible steps in this direction."
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt explains:
"The Kremlin’s expectations with its attempts at dialogue on issues of European security are twofold."
The author states:
"First, it wants to have recognized, directly or indirectly, a right to have a say in the policies of its immediate neighbors, de facto reducing their sovereignty."
"Second, it wants to get rid of existing OSCE and other commitments to human rights and thus be allowed a free hand to repress its citizens at will."
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Mr. Bildt writes:
"The lessons to be learned from the multitude of reset failures is that it’s only by firmly resisting these attempts that we can over time get Russia to reset its own policies."
"That is the only credible path to a more constructive relationship."
The author points out:
"As former foreign minister of Moldova Nicu Popescu puts it, Russia “will be incentivized to seek a reset only when it hits the wall of Western intransigence without maintaining hope that it can circumvent such intransigence, or wait it out.”
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Carl Bildt quotes Nicu Papescu as saying, "For now, offering Russia resets every other year only leads to greater Russian disregard for Western interests in eastern European security or in the Middle East."
"Then, of course, domestic issues in Russia come into play."
The author addresses:
"As Kadri Liik of the European Council on Foreign Relations put it, the E.U. and the United States might have to “prepare for years of frustration in their relationship with a regime in Moscow that is slowly decaying, unable to renew itself, and fears for its survival.”"
Source:
Opinion:
Why
the
West’s
attempts
to
reset
relations
with
Russia
have
failed
again
and
again
Russian President Vladimir Putin's monkey theater in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan [under the umbrella term of Russian peacekeeing contingents] has many goals:
-To make the occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan [i.e. occupied by Russia] a permanent military base for Russia.
-To establish the 2nd Armenian republic with the Armenian separatists [in the occupied territory of Azerbaijan.]
-To provide the Russian passports to the Armenian separatists in the occupied Karabakh and to make the Armenians the Russian citizens.
-To make the Russian language the 2nd official language in the occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
-To distance Turkey and NATO from the South Caucasus.
To control all strategic corridors in the Karabakh region which connect this region to Iran, Turkey and the
morherland Azerbaijan which connects the European countries to China and the
other Asian countries.
-To control the gas piplines between Turkey and Europe in the South Caucasus.
By having a hegemonic roles [military as well as economics] be able to control Iran, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
-Having a military and economic bases [in the occupied territories of Karabakh of Azerbaijan] Russia can easily access to the countries in the Middle East as well as to Africa.
The Feb. 2, 2021 issue of The Washington Post published an article entitled "Navalny’s fiery indictment of the ‘small man in a bunker’ could rattle Putin’s autocracy" written by
Editorial Board.
The editorial board address:
"The Putin regime is probably not at risk of collapse."
The editorial board explain:
"But its leader clearly fears the possibility of a “color revolution” like those that toppled autocratic and pro-Moscow regimes in Ukraine and Georgia."
The Biden administration and European Union should follow up with sanctions against the Russian officials involved in the latest repression — and they should heed the pleas of Mr. Navalny for action to expose and freeze the illicit assets held by Mr. Putin and his..."
Source:
Navalny’s
fiery
indictment
of
the
‘small
man
in
a
bunker’
could
rattle
Putin’s
autocracy
The September 8, 2019 of The Bloomberg "bloomberg.com" published an article entitled "French Ministers Visit Moscow in First Such Meeting Since 2014" written by Gregory Viscusi.
Source:
French
Ministers
Visit
Moscow
in
First
Such
Meeting
Since
2014
Gregory Viscusi writes:
"Macron has criticized Russia’s cyber-meddling in other country’s elections and its crackdown on domestic opposition, but at the same time he and his aides have argued that working with Russia is essential to solving a slew of foreign policy crises from Syria to Libya to Iran."
The author quotes Emanuelle Macron [in an Aug. 27 speech to France’s ambassadors, where he claimed a “deep state” within the foreign ministry was hampering his outreach to Moscow]
as saying,
"Pushing Russia away from Europe is a profound strategic error because it would isolate Russia and only increase international tensions.”
Macron [in an Aug. 27 speech to France’s ambassadors, where he claimed a “deep state” within the foreign ministry was hampering his outreach to Moscow] adds:
Source:
French
Ministers
Visit
Moscow
in
First
Such
Meeting
Since
2014
Macron
:Nations
must
define
the
red
lines
with
Russia
unian.info
Zelensky
Office
chief's
advisor
names
goal
of
Russia's
military
build-
up
along
Ukraine
borders
19
April
2021|
Reuters:
Russian
Military
Numbers
More
Than
150,000
Troops
Brookings
(18 March
2019):
Five
Years
After
Crimea's
Illegal
Annexation
the
Issue
Is
No
Closer
to
Resolution
