... nations of the West. The events have given rise to a high level of aggression, something that will be taken out on ordinary Russians—just because they are Russian.
What has Russia achieved with its Ukrainian campaign? It could postpone the issue of Ukraine formally joining NATO. This, however, will come at the cost of a complete militarization of Ukraine against Russia or having to control a country hostile to Russia and the Russians. The scale of NATO’s military build-up on Russia’s western borders is likely to devalue ...
... out.
The original expansion of NATO was a reflection of the actual correlation of forces, which includes the subjective factor: the loss of will, as President Putin noted in his Feb 24
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2022 address. Although the U.S. said that no one was talking of Ukraine’s accession to NATO, whether now or anytime soon, the five waves of NATO expansion clearly indicate that such statements are no cause for comfort; only alarm. When the Canadian Foreign Minister could boast on TV about Canada’s beefing up of the Ukrainian military ...
... not constitute a long-term threat to Russia’s security. Unfortunately, 7 years of negotiations on Minsk 2 have ended with nothing in parallel with more and more military aid, western military instructors and rising military interoperability between Ukraine and NATO. The intense diplomatic efforts of Moscow in the last two months on non- expansion of NATO has also brought no tangible results. While Moscow was demanding to stop providing Ukraine with armaments, the US and several other allies were doing the opposite ...
... accumulating foreign exchange reserves, expanding trade with China and deepening political and military-technical cooperation with its partners across the CSTO. The West has established various formats and mechanisms of sanctions pressure, boosting NATO’s eastern flank and increasing policy coordination both within the Alliance and within the European Union as well as military-technical assistance to Ukraine, while consistently attacking Russia in a variety of international settings ranging from the UN General Assembly to OSCE and the Council of Europe ministerials.
Was another collision—of a larger scale—inevitable? During the eight years of ...
... many Western leaders still contains the thesis that security in Europe cannot be built without, much less against Russia, NATO has—in fact—consistently moved to make “containing” Moscow the main goal and the main justification for maintaining NATO in the 21
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century. Ukraine may be assigned the role of a shield against the “Russian threat” in these plans.
Today opens a new chapter of modern European history, with its challenges and opportunities, hopes and disappointments, victories and defeats, gains and losses....
... manner. As a result, we have witnessed the retreat from the noble idea of forming a "common security space in the Euro-Atlantic" to such security situation, which today looks much more alarming than even that of the Cold War.
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukraine: Three Scenarios After the Answer From Washington
Against this backdrop, NATO strategists have decided to resort to the methods they repeatedly used to manipulate public opinion that were aimed at justifying their policies. That were the cases of NATO’s aggression in Yugoslavia, preparations, and then the Iraq War itself....
... example and learn from its experience in developing relations with Kiev without taking the position of Moscow into consideration.
In this context, it is worth noting a certain incongruence between the approaches of the United States and Turkey’s other NATO allies to its actions in the Caucasus and Ukraine. France could not (and cannot) tolerate Ankara’s unequivocal support for Baku, while the United States has adopted a position of cautious restraint. Washington and Paris are co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, and they are concerned about Turkey’s ...
... requirements have been met, and short enough so that the United States can credibly claim it has not abandoned the open-door policy. Even if a moratorium cannot be agreed, it should prove possible to find a mutually acceptable way to make it clear that Ukraine is not going to join NATO for years, if not decades, to come — something American and NATO officials will readily admit in private.
At the same time, the two sides should seek agreement on limits to NATO activities in and around Ukraine that meet Russia’s security concerns,...
On February 1, 2022, European Leadership Network (ELN) held an international expert discussion on the current situation around Ukraine and the prospects for its de-escalation
On February 1, 2022, European Leadership Network (ELN) held an international expert discussion on the current situation around Ukraine and the prospects for its de-escalation.
Russian side was represented ...
... Resolution 2202 and are legally binding. By the way, many U.S. experts have started to put it clear: Kiev openly sabotages the Agreements, refrains from engaging in a direct dialogue with Donetsk and Lugansk.
For Russia, the ongoing militarization of Ukraine by NATO, the presence of Western troops on its territory and hypothetical membership of this country in the Alliance are unacceptable. Such steps are beyond the red lines of our national interests. A legally binding agreement that includes the U.S. and its ...
