... views uncommon for the mainstream media in the West when it comes to the real origins of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Professor Sachs argues that peace negotiations in earnest should start immediately, proceeding from Ukraine’s neutrality and no NATO enlargement. He does not believe in isolating Russia, being convinced that Washington is undermining U.S. dollar worldwide prevalence by imposing sanctions on international payment systems. Finally, the famous academician and the author of many foreign affairs bestsellers maintains that the U.S. should respect the notion of a multipolar world with mutual respect for and observance of the UN Charter....
The main task for Russia is to avoid excessive overexertion and, at the same time, not get bogged down ... .... Washington refused to accept Moscow’s demands for legally binding guarantees of NATO’s non-expansion, but indicated its readiness to discuss certain issues, such... ... the expectation that there will be no massive resistance from the population.
Western sanctions will be a painful blow to Russia, but they won’t be fatal. The benefits...
... that have lacked coherence in both articulation and implementation.
When it comes to Russia, a clear, coherent strategy has been virtually non-existent. There has been a... ... The United States should stop pursuing regime change and waging economic warfare via sanctions, destabilizing otherwise stable countries, and causing immense suffering in... ... consistency, promoting human life, and being a much-need force for good in the world.
Halt NATO’s Eastward Expansion
Igor Ivanov:
The World after START
Since the fall of the...
... statements on the high political level, involving leaders of Germany, Russia, the United States and the European Union. The polemic around ... ... have represented the pipeline construction as infringing on the NATO interests in the region and frustrating the unity of the European ... ... security relations in a triangle formed by Russia, the EU and the USA.
On the one hand, the developments around the Nord Stream 2 ... ... the rationale behind some non-market restrictive measures, or sanctions, which serve as an instrument to sideline the competitor ...
Russia Direct sat down with Carnegie Moscow Center Director Dmitri Trenin to discuss the new wave of the sanctions war between Russia and the West, the recent NATO summit in Wales, common external threats for Russia and the West such as Islamic State, and the odds of success for the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire agreement.
Although Russia and Ukraine seem to have begun taking steps to resolve the Ukraine crisis ...
