Russia has only temporarily captured China’s seemingly entrenched ... ... times of change. Russia has started a “special operation” in Ukraine, and the West can do little or nothing. Impotence is always ... ... 50% on Russian gas. This also puts some break on “financial sanctions”.
Andrey Kortunov:
The end of diplomacy? Seven Glimpses ... ... worse than 2009. Western voices say that “Russia has brought NATO together”. Well—after the current Western songs and hymns ...
... what underlies our bleak assessment of the current scenario
Most experts, both in Russia and abroad, thought it was extremely unlikely and implausible that Russia would launch a full-scale military operation in Ukraine. Allegations that Moscow was preparing for something like this were laughed... ... not talking exclusively about Western countries here.
Implication 4.
Unprecedented sanctions against Russia. All the bravado concerning the sanctions and statements claiming... ... supplemented with another two.
Afterthought 1.
Moving towards a significant increase in NATO’s military presence in Eastern Europe. With a number of Western states blocking...
... 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....
Does Russia’s relative stability imply that Moscow will be by default ... ... of proposals on how the two sides could cooperate in the post-Ukraine political environment. However, some of the EU member countries ... ... Though in Brussels they consider their ability to maintain EU sanctions against Russia a major manifestation of the EU’s integrity,... ... Moscow, and EU policy will devolve into its lowest common denominator from among the positions of its members every single time....
Germany and Russia have to accept that they have different interests but also ... ... pragmatic tradition. But at least since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, it has become clear that Germany’s partnership ... ... well as constant talk about cooperation and a gradual lifting of sanctions. The gap between opposing interests and the difference ... ... needs more German and other European member states leadership in NATO to minimize these risks.
What are the preconditions for a ...
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 on a diplomatic ...
... ridiculous?
CHILCOTE: A lot of Russian politicians have said they believe that the United States' real aim is not to change Russia's position in Ukraine but to overthrow President Putin. Is that your view?
LAVROV: I think the real aim of the United States is not let Europeans to go on their own and to decide on their own. Not let NATO to lose the purpose of its existence and to keep Europe on a short leash.
CHILCOTE: Returning to sanctions and one event that took place in the last week, the French government has decided to go ahead with the sale of those ...
