by Pyotr AKOPOV
translated by ‘A’
In the global conflict of Russia and the USA which consequence war in Ukraine turned out to be also, there is an important change which will affect all fronts where Russia resists to atlantist. Germany, some months resisting to pressure of the USA, conceded and agreed to enter economic sanctions. This step seriously will influence Putin’s tactics in the Ukrainian events.
It is quite probable that sectoral sanctions against Russia will be agreed on Tuesday at a meeting of constant representatives of EU countries and will mention finance, power, arms, production of a dual purpose. If offers of European Commission are accepted, already in the next few days they will be approved at meeting of Council of EU. About introduction of new sanctions against Russia it was spoken and during Obama’s conversation with leaders of England, France, Germany and Italy.
Last week there were doubts that Anglo-Saxons will manage to press through Germany, but statements of the German ministers and industrialists practically don’t leave in recent days doubts that Berlin “ripened”. Germany approves introduction of sectoral sanctions against Russia, the representative of the government of Germany declared on Monday to Christiana Virtts: “The government supports a concrete sectoral package of measures”. And the president of Federal association of the German industry Ulrich Grillo told that it supports sanctions: “Policy time came”.
Considering that Germany was the main obstacle for introduction of sectoral sanctions, now they become almost inevitable. It is clear that their first portion can be rather limited both on scale, and on time, but that the USA after all could force Europeans is important to join their policy not only political, but also the economic pressure and isolation of Russia, following which, Washington expects to force Moscow to give up on Ukraine. The rupture of Europe with Russia becomes even more important in the light of transatlantic partnership actively advanced by the USA, that is attempt to create the common Atlantic market, having connected two largest economic zones of the world and having put them under the Anglo-Saxon management. Thus, the decision of Germany and EU becomes truly historical – from the category such which define the direction and a history course.
Vladimir Putin also proceeded from such understanding of a role of Berlin, defining tactics of actions of Russia everything the last months when the Ukrainian crisis took already the form of real war. Putin threw down a challenge of the USA and to the Anglo-Saxon global project – without having attached the Crimea, and much earlier, having returned to the Kremlin in 2012. Attempt to take away Ukraine from the Russian world was the main answer of the West to return of Russia in big game. But from the very beginning of a sharp phase of the Ukrainian crisis Russia tried not only to prevent “stealing of Ukraine”, but also to play on contradictions in the West – considering that interests of the USA and Europe, first of all Germany, don’t coincide at all. Certainly, Putin didn’t create illusions on independence of Germany – Germany represents the state with the limited sovereignty (and not only because of entry into the military block of NATO, and owing to a number of the obvious and secret mechanisms allowing Anglo-Saxons to control elite of this largest country of Europe). But he staked on acceleration of process of gradual release of Germans from dense Atlantic guardianship – the process, going already many years and gaining strength even before the Ukrainian crisis.
National conceiving part of the German elite perfectly understands that our two countries are objective partners the normal relations between which do a situation in Europe steady practically to any manipulations of Anglo-Saxon geopoliticians. Also remembers what exactly the wrong assessment of Russia from Germany (and in many respects thanks to suggestions of island strategists) twice for the last century led the country to national accident. There are no doubts that Anglo-Saxons are ready and to push off our two countries for the third time, having set Germany on Russia – this time economically. But in process of collecting of big Europe going now interests of Germany which in every possible way insists on deepening of political integration, in a root contradict interests of Anglo-Saxon globalizator which want to see in the European Union not independent, especially kontinentalno, German – the focused force, and obedient east wing of global “West”, own world project.
Independence of Germany, as well as construction on this base of the building of the independent European Union, it is possible only when forming not hostile, partnership with Russia. With big Russia which will inevitably restore the borders and influence, let and in the form of the Euroasian union. And the global Berlin axis – Moscow – Beijing is at all capable to move the center of gravity in world geopolitics to the Euroasian continent, having buried present hegemonic claims of atlantist.
Crisis round Ukraine became manifestation of all these contradictions – it aggravated them and raised an edge many questions which in a peace time could be solved more slowly. Moscow staked on that the American game in isolation of Russia becomes the catalyst of process of emancipation of Germany. Certainly, nobody counts on a prompt gap – Putin’s purpose was to achieve a conditional neutrality of Germany (so and Europe) in the conflict of Russia and the USA. For the sake of it Russia was ready to go to a lot of things – except, of course, delivery of national interests and refusal of fight for Ukraine. But peace, neutral Ukraine quite could would like to become for the next years a form of the Russian-European cooperation – if Europe was ready to define itself the policy concerning Kiev and would refuse support of plans of the USA on pull-in of Ukraine under the Atlantic umbrella. Alas, both in Brussels, and in Berlin weren’t ready to admit that simple fact that Russia won’t allow secession of part of the Russian world under the guise of eurointegration. The German dreams of fertile Ukrainian soil (“Chernozem”), desire to create one more buffer state under control of Germans and separating them from Russia , – all this together with urgings and manuals from Washington moved original national interests and cool calculation. It won’t be possible for USA to tear off Ukraine from Russia – neither with help of Germany, nor without it. But to quarrel Germany with Russia is quite possible for Americans. That, as a matter of fact, they want to achieve. Really, after all, even in case of loss of Ukraine by them (that American realistic strategists are ready for long ago) Washington will have pleasant and very big prize – the possibility of the German-Russian rapprochement broken for many years. From the very beginning of the Crimean events Putin understood that chances of split of Germany and the USA are minimal – but they were, and he absolutely prudently tried to play on it. The intrigue with the German approval of sanctions and connection to blockade lasted some months and became one of the most intense secret fights in world history. Russia initially didn’t do the main rate on disintegration of the united western front – we at once declared that in case the USA and EU will really try to organize isolation and blockade, we are ready to develop to the East and the South. Especially as Russia will build new, world architecture alternative to Anglo-Saxons – together with the absolute majority of the world community which long ago was already waiting the one who will throw down a challenge to owners of the Globalist Project.
Attack of the USA on Russia is not caused by Ukraine – on the contrary, the Ukrainian crisis turned out to be only consequence of America’s desire to hold on the escaping world hegemony, to prevent restoration of historical Russia, the only force in the world, capable openly resist to the Anglo-Saxon project. Liberation of Germany from guardianship of atlantist is postponed, but not cancelled – if, of course, to recognize that the German people has the right for own future and wants to save itself from dissolution in a melting copper of globalization. But at this stage Germans (their elite is more exact) made the choice – and Russia is ready to resist to a uniform position of the West, continuing both to defend the national interests, and to increase approach on the world scene, building the front from civilizations and the states interested in new rules of global game. One of the most important consequences of policy of Putin on the German front was that with Novorossiya Moskva officially took a non-interference position in a situation – not to facilitate the USA their work on arm-twisting of Germany. Now the situation changes – Europe, that is Berlin, declares Russia war, let and economic, let and with reservations. In the war other laws work already, and Germans shouldn’t be surprised when it will become clear that their decision to join the American blockade of Russia will lead to that Moscow recognizes Novorossiya soon.
And toughening of economic sanctions will lead not to a collapse of the Russian economy, but to fall of the Kiev’s regime. In this world everything is connected, after all Vladimir Putin wasn’t tired to remind it all the time to Berlin.
original Russian article: http://rusvesna.su/recent_opinions/1406607869
Indeed, the German position re sanctions on Russia is what will determine events for at least the next months. Keeping Germany opposed to Russia is essential in maintaining US hegemony for the short term.
Indeed, German agreement to sanctions against Russia will determine the course of events for the next months. The hegemon must keep Germany and Russia from aligning their economic interests.
How very interesting. If I read this correctly, we’re looking at a major diplomatic dialog between Germany and Russia that has been in progress for years. A dialog the US has wished to destroy, with a value far, far higher than whatever may appear to be the value of Ukraine.
So that all of Russia’s measured and minimalist diplomacy during these last few months has been a gift to Germany – a gift of restraint, an offering of rapprochement. And now that Germany has signed on to sanctions, this gift has no practical value any more, at least for the time being.
What a delicate story, in many ways. A story of courting, of offering and withholding.
One thing not mentioned in this article is the other gift to Germany – the one that came from China, establishing Germany as the European terminus of the new Silk Road. I believe this gift was not simply a chessboard move by China, nor will it be withdrawn. It was made at a time of great usefulness for Russia (and thus was China’s gift to both great nations), but it could have been made at any time. Its value is measured in decades and perhaps centuries.
So, I wonder. I don’t know the German mind very well. Does the deep state of Germany feel a secret sense of shame that its nation couldn’t yet break free from US domination? Does the example of Russia – proud, truthful and free – evoke yearnings for its own future time of such freedom again in Germany?
And is the sensitive gift of China a sweet salve over this pain that keeps hope and resolve alive in the German deep state?
I wish great good fortune and success to these three, obviously destined neighbors in their reciprocal overtures and future conversations. Russia I believe remains destined to endure as Germany’s true great friend.
And China in this shrinking world, steps forth in its own century with much yet to reveal to us of wisdom and practicality, as well as its own, true and rarely yielding personality.
As a German I am disgusted with the current German governments direction.
It flies against every German interest of freedom and self determination.
Many Germans have absolutely no desire to be part of the Anglo Saxon sponsored terror campaign that in effect will cause Germany to increasingly become a subservient hand puppet incapable of formulating its own sovereign foreign & economic policies.
But this battle for Germany to throw of its shackles is by no means over yet. When the economy starts to take a serious turn for the worse we will see violent demonstrations in Germany.
Germans are severely sedated and shackled but not entirely enslaved yet.
If this analysis is correct – and my gut tells me it is – then we should expect several bold moves from Moscow very soon. The past several months have been a game of shadow boxing, with Germany being the objective: would it assert independence, or slink back into the Atlanticist fold? Now we know the answer. Now the real fight can begin.
Merkel has for years been known by Germans as someone who, when there is a problem, vanishes: she waits until others come up with solutions, then waits to see if consensus forms around a particular solution and advances it as her own. She was criticized by the opposition parties with which she formed governments for ruining them in this process – it has been said she hates to share credit.
It is clear that Merkel is pro-US. From the start of the Ukraine crisis, much of the public saw through the fog and the lies.
However, the mainstream Axel Springer) press worked from the start to shape public opinion. Apparently, after the MH-17 crash, there was enough of a change so that at least one pollster could produce a poll saying that over 50% favored harsh sanctions. This is the sort of thing they do over and over again. Then Merkel had the appearance of consensus behind her and was in a position to give more forceful support where she wanted to – behind Obama.
Merkel may be bright, but she has never been known for having a vision. She seems not to be able to see future consequences, and she seems not to have any ideas about how Germany should develop – or how Germans want the country to develop – except that it should be a great exporter.
Germany will not change now unless the public gets control of the press. They could get the public broadcasting stations to quit their biased, manipulative reporting – this is feasible, but the reduction of the middle class and particularly an Americanization of the higher education system, so that the wealthy control the better jobs – this and other problems seem to have led to a vacuum in German politics.
In my moments of idle speculation, I would like there have been an unofficial agreement between Russia and German for these circumstances to occur. It would give Russia a stronger hand in action as a result of increased US / Ukraine hubris and give Germany plausible denial when it comes to the downfall of the US hegemon. However, this may place too hope in rational behavior of EU politicians.
Turkish Presidential Election – August 10.
If Germany will not leave the hegemon at this time, Turkey is the next prize to aim for.
Erdogan’s election as President should presage an immediate Turkish withdrawl from NATO and a request for all foreign armed forces to leave Turkish soil within 96 hours.
Turkey can then declare it’s absolute NEUTRALITY in the situation regarding Russia/ Crimea/ Ukraine and also close the Bosphorus to the warships of any non-littoral State of the Black Sea.
In other words, only warships of Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Romania or Bulgaria will in future be allowed to pass through Turkish territorial waters into the Black Sea.
Once the Black Sea is cleared of foreign warships – in particular US warships. The liberation of Novorussia can begin.
So I would pose this question. Are the Russians (& Chinese) and others doing enough work to achieve this outcome?
Will see soon hear of the BRICS becoming the BRICTS?
If Russia/ China want to win this confrontation, these are the diplomatic battles they need to win, and the sooner the better.
As half German I feel ashamed and appalled at what is happening. Germany, or rather the German Political Leadership, has put itself at the forefront of perpetuating the madness taking hold. What makes me very sad is realizing how little sovereignty Germany really has, we are not much more than a vassal of the United States and I wonder how we will ever get rid of them. Ironically the Ukraine is now in a similar position and I can only tell them to be very careful who they let into their home. The Americans are not in the habit of leaving. They tend to overstay their welcome. And like a Parasite they take over their host.
What makes no sense to me is that at times Merkel is seen having private talks with Putin and then she turns into Obamas mouthpiece again. I just read this article in the Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/land-for-gas-secret-german-deal-could-end-ukraine-crisis-9638764.html
How can she be negotiating deals and at the same time be an advocate of sanctions?
One thing is certain, the number of disillusioned German citizens is growing. People want peace, yet our Government is committing treasonous acts. I can’t put into words how helpless I feel sometimes. We are being screwed over by the Americans and our “Elites” have sold us out, both the Germans and Europeans. The obvious contempt for the public is disgusting.
All fake: Malaysia Boeing 777 downed over Ukraine = Boston Marathon bombings: “Putin” in the MAIN role to convince the audience that these are real events.
WHY it was staged:
http://end-times-reductionism.blogspot.com/2014/07/malaysia-boeing-777-downed-in-ukraine.html
The core lie of an event totally staged with actors:
– a plane crashed, or in other words: there were not ZERO dead passengers.
This is the core lie because exposing it implies exposing two underlying core lies:
– “Putin” is NOT part of the conspiracy.
– government of Republic of Donetsk, installed after the May 16 coup with russian Alexander Borodai as prime-minister, is NOT part of the conspiracy.
Reminder: The most important reason to use fake instead of real victims is to have everyone in the cast say nothing but what is scripted.
Had a real airliner been downed the victim’s families would blame the obvious culprits not the scripted ones.
“Germans are severely sedated and shackled but not entirely enslaved yet. “
In my experience, there is much that is taboo in DE. Many are still under the pressure of WWII. A pressure that is still being constantly applied, all be it subtlely. And many ‘just don’t care’. As a welfare state DE is one of the best. DE is what it has elected in the person of Frau Merkel and IMO, among other things, she is out of her depth. As one of the writers opined it was a bit of a courtship, RU + DE, but DE, in my experience, still thinks the sun rises and sets in the USA, too bad it has not found itself …too bad. The question now is will DE go to war for the Amis. Is it ready to be reduced to rubble again? I wonder.
Emm said:
” I can’t put into words how helpless I feel sometimes.”
Thats not the right attidude. Decisions can be reversed. In this age grass roots and networking rules. Nobody would have imagined how badly the US and their fifth column in German media are exposed today.
It is important to keep up the mental and political pressure from below.
Look here and enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvTWo5ZGcNA&feature=youtu.be
http://homment.com/georgschramm
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201496101282763&set=a.3846009767079.116304.1783226743&type=1&theater
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/land-for-gas-secret-german-deal-could-end-ukraine-crisis-9638764.html
Dear Sir
It has all been determined long time ago.
USA wants to establish uni-polar world.
Russia will end up like Carthage.
The book : The next hundred years
Russia will be isolated, destabilized and wiped off the map ( fragmented ).
Russia is on her own, China will follow the same path.
@Emm
Your disillusion and disgust is common in other EU vassal states . The leaders of the Eu and the national leaders are totally sold out to zionist/American interest . The politicians at tho opposition are probably sold out too. There is no hope for the EU and the Hundreds of occupation military bases are destined to remain unless the dollars goes down the toilet . The politicians of the EU act like a MAFIA gang .
What the USA propaganda machine dictates is quickly incorporated in the politics of the EU .
Note the universal attitude acquired by the western puppets on the MH- 17 disaster. Note the absolute silence on the GAZA massacre .
Russia must be tough on those people .
Anti UE
Thank you Emm for your comment which expresses my feelings exactly. I am ashamed at the treason of the german elite and ashamed to be a European.
As an American I pray that Germany sheds its US-Zionist shackles. Many Americans support and applaud your freedom from US-Zionist hegemony. We hope that if you are free — we too can be free. It starts with de-dollarization.
My father and his brother fought in WW2. Their grandparents were German (Lutheran) immigrants. They were fighting their own cousins. People that their grandparents knew and loved. My grandmother spoke perfect German — but wouldn’t teach me nary a word. She was taught to be ashamed of her background and heritage. That is the sum effect of American-Zionist education.
My son is in his 4th year of German. He isn’t ashamed of his German ancestry. It comes full circle.
German independence has LOTS of support on this side of the Atlantic. Don’t be fooled by the MSM…
Emm, NotSoFast,
Oh Lord, I do understand how you feel. But are we really all that helpless? I know I keep sounding like a broken record but I just refuse to believe that there really isn’t anything we can do about all this. We just haven’t found it yet, that’s all! And we all have a lot of grieving to do for our cherished illusions, as well as embarrassment for having been played for fools most of our lives, and then of course there’s just the horror of everything that’s going on right now in Iraq, Ukraine, Nigeria, Gaza… Etc. But still, there are many people who do understand and our numbers are growing, and we just have to figure out the most effective ways of intervening to fix this mess. I don’t think there’s any one answer but certainly trying to reach anyone you know and just working on nudging them a little bit towards understanding Any. One. Part. Of. This. is at least a start, no?
NATO has always been an organisation for extracting “money with menaces” – in most legal jurisdictions called “extortion”.
German, Ukrainian and other’s gold reserves are held in the US for safe-keeping – one of Yatsenuk government’s early considerations.
NATO’s purpose is becoming more evident even to the participants.
The latest sanctions will not only make this even more evident but will exacerbate contradictions between and within the participants undermining the Oceania fall back option.
What happened to the other lady who thought they should eat cakes?
There is a report in London’s Inedepndent paper that Putin and Merkel have hjammered out a deal.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/land-for-gas-secret-german-deal-could-end-ukraine-crisis-9638764.html#
There is hope and Merkel deserves praise for her efforts
@MattMarriott
Nah! It’s not “Putin” either, the space alien lizards did it.
(just curious, how did you manage to escape the psychiatric ward?)
Germany and economic sanctions.
First, that was a terribly done translation. 95 people have volunteered to proof translations–even the most unskilled would have made this excellent analysis more readable.
The sanctions have to be renewed in 3 months. The little German companies, 6,000 of them, might just resist, resist, resist in a passive/aggressive sort of way.
Surely the German people understand that the impulse of the US to force the world into two opposing blocks will lead us in the West into a rather prolonged century of fascism? Plus bad food, environmental degradation, and execrable cultural phenomena…?
The whole POINT of MSM propaganda is to spread despair and despondency, the “nothing can be done” and “resistance is futile” attitude. But think about it this way: if it were truly so, and if they were truly winning… would they need to be so LOUD about it? To ask is to answer…
Anonymous,
The article in the Independent is science fiction.
Putin and Merkel needing a go-between?
Putin allowing the Pig equality in a “negotiation”?
Merkel alone recognizing Crimea is Russian?
Maybe, the headline should be “Peace in Our Time”.
This is fantasy. Putin would not concede on any of these points, nor is Merkel capable of delivering anything. She is totally compromised. And soon will be retired.
There will never be a ceasefire straight up and leave Kiev in the hands of the Nazis and Americans.
Listen to Putin in the video. Understand what the Russians understand about the threat of the Ukraine neighborhood under Nazi and NATO control.
This article is pablum for the naive who want Peace more than anything.
Peace is merely the small times between conflict.
Russia is not going to be buying Peace.
The globe is presently unstable. The rest of the non-Hegemonic alliance wants some stability in international affairs. No one is talking about making deals for Peace.
Putin actually has no bargaining position.
He needs all of Kiev cleared out. He needs stable borders and a quiescent neighbor in Ukraine.
Why would anyone in the West give him anything he needs?
The West are doing exactly what they want to do. They are doing exactly what they have to do to de-stabilize Putin and Russia.
So why would the West offer a deal?
Even if they lose, they won’t ever make a deal. They will walk away from Ukraine and all the death and destruction.
They’ll agitate from Georgia or some other bordering area. It will never end.
VERY relevant to this post: Molotov-Ribbentrop 2.0? Russia And Germany Allegedly Working On Secret “Gas For Land” Deal
@Nora:
Hi Nora,
though I feel helpless I don’t give in to it. I do what I can, I’ve written to the Russian embassy because I felt ashamed about the anti-Russia propaganda. Recently I wrote to the Chinese Consulate, expressing my hope that they can help bring some sanity into this mess and counter balance the open western aggression towards Russia, which will be more open towards China soon enough. It’s a bit ironic, perhaps even naive, but I felt like doing it and did. People need to know that many Europeans and people in the States are different and strive for a better way. I also comment a lot on social media sites and “educate” friends and family when I can. Been blocked on some pages already. There are many doing the same, but it has no impact on our lousy “leaders”, which is the real tragedy. We need many more people waking up from their sleep. Our leaders don’t even pretend to care, they don’t even give the impression of wanting to do the right thing anymore. That shows how sure of themselves they are and how secure they feel in their positions. Even if none of it made a difference, it’s about conscience and principle as well. I’m not going to let this happen without trying to do what I can. Hopefully many more will find their conscience again.
Emm,
Good on you, for all of it! It’s what each of us needs to be doing, as well as sharing whatever seems to really work. I do think we will reach a tipping point — at which point our “leaders” will finally pay us some heed. But right now, it’s just the endless slog of trying to get through to ordinary people who really, really, really don’t want to hear it. Which is why imo it’d be great if people could post whatever tactics they used that actually worked on friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc. We could all learn from each other and maybe get the job done quicker; at least, that’s my hope. It is a slog though: one teeny-tiny step at a time for the most part, at least until they finally do open their eyes — and even then, some of them still need some nudging to tell everyone else. And yes, your last words really resonate: “I’m not going to let this happen without trying to do what I can. Hopefully many more will find their conscience again.” Thank you for that.
@Larchmonter445
I agree with you in all points you made.
Oh, yes. There are top secret negotiations – let’s write an article about it.
As a German I’m asking myself, how can anyone think that Merkel has the power to make their own decisions? As a puppet of the Americans she does what they want her to do. And I don’t think that Obama wants serious negotiations with Putin. After her conversation with Putin in Brazil, a phone call of Obama has achieved that Merkel has called for new sanctions. And that was before the MH17 crash.
And there is also a lie in the article: “At present, there is no gas deal in place.” There is of course an actual gas deal. It’s the old one because they stopped negotiations. The price is 485$ and Ukraine has to pay in advance.
Hopefully answers Putin on the sanctions, as hard as possible. Perhaps the Germans finally wake up.
I have been following your blog for a while trying to make sense out of what is happening in Ukraine and between the West and Russia. The western media certainly isn’t saying a lot that makes sense and your blog provides far more reasonable points of view.
However I think I have just come to the conclusion that the west is just insane. In your post “Thinking the unthinkable” you explore the possibility that the west wants war with Russia. It sounds reasonable but then I just read 2 articles in the BBC. First there is this one
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-28593326
In which Britain in particular and NATO in general admit they are no position to challenge Russia militarily or even respond to Russian aggression on a NATO ally. Well then why are they trying so hard to piss off Russia? You would think they would at least get their military act in order before challenging Russia.
Then there is this one
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28603140
in which Europe and some of Putins biggest critics are upset that Russia has decided not to buy some of their products even though they just launched a new series of extremely tough sanctions designed to cripple the Russian economy. Wasn’t this common sense? What are these people smoking? If you are going to try to cripple the economy of one of your better trading partners shouldn’t you expect retaliation? Even if they don’t retaliate the destruction of their economy will mean they won’t be in a position to buy your goods anyway.
So the west provoked a confrontation with Russia in which they are positioned poorly both militarily and economically???????
I give up. I think I just found proof that I am an alien from another planet incapable of understanding human politics. Either that or the world is mad. I prefer the former position/
in the recent photo of Merkel with Putin talking about gas deal, her face was so much like Kerry’s. PCR says she gets bags of money from US.
Emm: how helpless you feel…its said somewhere “Know the Truth and the Truth will set you free” I think that means what’s needed…human beings knowing the Truth…that’s what we’re doing here…
AGS 14:01 There’s a great book about Germany called “Conjuring Hitler” by Guido Preparata…fantastic analysis of Germany’s destiny in the twentieth century….
Its hard getting these comments to go. Does anyone have some advice for sending…?
expect massive Zionist conducted pro-militarization propaganda in Germany.