By Ljubisa Malenica for the Saker Blog
Thanks to the current conflict in Ukraine, all the masks of so-called “Western values” fell before the eyes of the world public in a very short time. On the theme of Russophobia itself, another full text in its own right can be written. It came to the surface of everyday life throughout the West rather fast. For now, it is enough to notice the haste with which chauvinism towards Russians began to manifest itself in Western countries. It would seem as if Russophobia had been practiced for years. If you spend your life listening how “exceptional” you are, the very logic of this argument leads to the conclusion that others are in one way or another beneath you, only average, and it should come as no surprise to see these outpourings of hatred towards those “average” who dared to bring into question the “exceptional” order.
The ongoing propaganda campaign, demonizing both Russia and Putin, is trying to convince the world and domestic audiences of Russian isolation. It is enough to look at the map of the countries that imposed sanctions on the Russian Federation, and this narrative of isolation falls apart. On the other hand, the same map clearly indicates that those who have introduced sanctions to Moscow are limited to collective West and its satellites. Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine has nothing to do with Ukraine. This is an indirect war of the United States against Russia and represents only the final phase of a long process that began at the time of the disappearance of the Soviet Union. Even in terms of combat itself, Russian troops are not engaging domestically envisioned Ukrainian strategy or tactics. As Scott Ritter[1] pointed out, Ukrainian army has been for eight years trained and equipped by NATO officers and instructors, up to NATO standards. Any unit of Ukrainian military is fully interchangeable within overall NATO battle order with any other unit from any other NATO member country, thus we are left with a silent fact that on the ground in Ukraine we have a war between Russian and NATO strategy, tactics and, to an extent, weapon systems.
During the Cold War, Europe was considered, for several understandable reasons, as the inevitable and most important battleground between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The sword of possible nuclear destruction hung constantly above it. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Fukuyama’s specter of the end of history was introduced into Europe as well. Unipolar moment of the United States swept over countries of Western Europe as well, which firmly believed that they also played a part in the disappearance of the USSR. Finally, the great war in which not a single shot was fired, came to an end. Moscow was defeated, then humiliated and rejected. These same European countries, which by the logic of things should have been the most concerned about increasing insecurity on European soil, watched apathetically as Washington dismantled the security architecture set up during the Cold War.
The mentioned security architecture was developed and set up with the aim of creating as many obstacles as possible on the path of rapid escalation towards the nuclear conflict between the then two nuclear superpowers, Soviet Union and the USA. European countries have benefited the most from these agreements and should have been the most interested in maintaining them. This unpacking of security agreements began during the Bush administration, when the then US president announced in 2002 that Washington would withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Agreement, which limited the number of defense systems that each of the two superpowers could deploy on its territory.[2] The next step was the United States withdrawal from the Mid-Range Nuclear Forces Agreement in 2019, [3] while the final move came also during Trump’s term, the withdrawal from the Open Skies Agreement[4] in 2020, which allowed signatory countries to monitor each other openly so as to reduce possible military tensions. Each of these moves further strained relations between Russia and the western powers while making it clear that the collective West was not interested in negotiations based on mutual understanding and reciprocity.
While all this was happening, Europe did nothing. No major European country has offered real resistance to NATO expansion. There was such resistance certainly, on part of individuals, but at the level of official policy, all European capitals of importance have unquestioningly followed Washington in further pushing the alliance’s positions to the east, towards Russia’s borders. This breakdown of Cold War security mechanisms was given little attention.
Even now that the war has engulfed Ukraine and nearly two million refugees[5] have arrived in Europe, European leaders have barely been able to resist US pressure to stop importing Russian gas and oil.[6] These two energy sources are of key importance for the European Union, which receives 25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Moscow.[7] Imposing sanctions on the Russian Federation, which could retaliate with reciprocal measures, would be a disaster for European countries. Previous fall, much earlier than the Russian military operation in Ukraine began, representatives of German industry warned the political elite of the negative consequences that high energy prices will have on their operations.[8] In Germany alone, natural gas meets 50% of energy needs within chemical and pharmaceutical industries.[9] Each of the European countries is dependent on Russian energy and some countries are completely dependent on Russian gas. Given the quantities in question, and prices, all statements about some kind of replacement for Russian oil and gas with other energy sources in a short period of time cannot be taken seriously. Even the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, in a statement for the German Bildt pointed out that “we import a third of our oil from Russia. If imports were stopped immediately, the whole of Germany would stop the next day”.[10]
Weather it likes it or not, Europe is linked to Russia by energy ties, because only Moscow can provide the necessary quantities of energy to maintain the European industrial base, at sufficiently affordable prices. Of course, this was the situation until the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, after which both oil and gas reached record and historical prices. Even faced with this unquestionable reality, the European political elite did not hesitate to impose sanctions on Moscow or to arm Ukrainian forces and Nazis with modern anti-tank weapons. Only when the very survival of the European industry became questionable due to Washington’s intentions to completely stop importing Russian energy, did the European capitals decide to oppose it.[11]
When the conflict in Ukraine is viewed from the perspective of diplomatic and political activities, the European Union rarely appears. The heads of state, such as France and Germany, are somewhat more noticeable, but this is mostly sporadic and impotent action to which superficial attention is paid. Military operation in Ukraine exposed the reality. Just look at the main actors of the drama, the United States and Russia. Even China is more active in the issue of Ukraine as a sovereign political actor than the EU countries, which are almost completely overshadowed by the actions of the United States.
In addition to this humiliating political position, which is far from the recent chest thumping of French and German politicians about the need for more independent action on the world stage, renewed appearance of dark specters from the not-so-distant past might be more serious. The degree of Russophobia that could be seen in all Western countries immediately after the beginning of the Russian military action points to the fact that hatred toward the Russian people is covered by a thin layer of artificial civility. Russian athletes are banned from participating in competitions, Russian-owned restaurants are vandalized, Russian diplomatic missions are exposed to attacks, great works of Russian music and literature classics are rejected and removed, Russian products are discarded and even Russian cats are banned from exhibitions. In every way, there seem to be a push to punish and, in accordance with the popular Western culture of “cancellation”, reject everything that is Russian.
For the United States, with its fear of the Soviet Union in the 1950s and McCarthy’s witch hunts, Russophobia is somewhat understandable. Even during Trump’s tenure, James Clapper, the former director of the National Intelligence Service, made public chauvinistic claims that the Russians were “almost genetically driven to co-opt, penetrate, gain favor.” [12] If we accept as a logical explanation that the American position arose on the basis of historical circumstances, then the question arises why identical situations are repeated within most European countries that have been in contact with Russia for much longer than Washington. Why do the nations and elites of given countries voluntarily participate in demonization of Russia if they are already forced by political circumstances to impose economic sanctions on Moscow?
One of the possible explanations is the Americanization of Western Europe, and with it, the transplantation of the ideology of “exceptionalism”. Of course, the countries of the European West will never be as “exceptional” as the United States, but imitating lifestyles and political, military and economic links give them a sense of superiority over others who do not belong to the same prestigious club. This sense of superiority serves as a screen to hide the disappearance and extinction of one’s own cultural and national identity and, accordingly, real sovereignty in foreign and domestic policy. Perhaps that is why French President Emanuel Macron once pointed out that “there is no such thing as French culture”.[13][14]
What exacerbates Europe’s subordination is the fact that the current American elite serves as a subject of ridicule both outside the United States and within it. We are all already familiar with the phrase “Let’s go Brandon” and know what message is actually sent by its use. Neither Secretary of State Blinken nor Vice President Kamala Harris are in a more enviable position. One of the most famous American journalists of today, certainly one of the most watched, Tucker Carlson regularly uses his show on Fox News to document and criticize, in a humorous way, all the incompetence of the American political class currently in power. Whether Joseph Biden is just someone’s puppet or a partially independent actor, his behavior is, to say the least, a humiliation for the United States. He is, by all accounts, incapable of performing the duty placed upon him. After the Russian intervention in Ukraine, the Western media filled the information space for days with questions about whether Vladimir Putin is crazy, incompetent, angry or emotionally unstable. By the way, did you notice how that narrative disappeared almost overnight? Every possible conceivable formulation of the question “is Putin crazy” had been tried, but in the case of Biden, no similar scrutiny could be found, not even in traces. That says plenty about the Western media, and nothing we did not know beforehand.
Being subordinate to such an American administration reflects the sad state of the European Union and European countries in general, especially those in the West. The fact that Serbia together with Bosnia and Herzegovina have not imposed sanctions on Russia or banned flights only makes the political picture of current Europe gloomier. The head of the foreign affairs of the European Union, Joseph Borell, points out that Brussels has reached the limit of its capabilities to impose sanctions on Russia[15] and anything more would seriously damage the Europeans themselves, who are already buying oil and gas at historically record prices. Only now, when possible retaliation towards the most sensitive sectors of European economy and industry is looming, does Europe decide to halt. The lives of Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine are irrelevant, democracy, sovereignty, human rights, all that is irrelevant, just don’t touch the standard of living and the economic calculus. While the western part of the continent is doing well, everything else is irrelevant. One month into the conflict we can see sanctions have not worked so well for the EU countries. We seem to have made a full circle back to Russophobia and the fact that the current European elites have never seen Russia as part of Europe, which is a mistake in itself, and that the same elites would be happy to sanction Moscow into the ground rather than accept it as an equal interlocutor, if only there were none of that pesky geographical and economic connections and interdependencies.
Undoubtedly, there are those political forces in European countries that look at Russia much more positively. This is almost a characteristic of most opposition parties in Germany and France, but also elsewhere. Thanks to Viktor Orban, Hungary neither allows the transfer of weapons for the Kiev regime through its territory nor participates in the further arming of Ukrainians. In most Slavic countries, even those that are most Russophobic, such as Poland, there are political forces which, without sympathizing with the Russian Federation, understand that Russia exists as part of Europe and that this cannot be changed. Any security architecture in Europe, especially one created for the long run, cannot be imagined without Moscow’s constructive participation. Undoubtedly, there is a Europe that is primarily Europe and only then the West, but as we have witnessed trough out the years, this national and sovereignist Europe is in constant conflict, one which it is losing, with globalist and Atlanticist “Europe” which has very little in common with what is culturally, traditionally and historically Europe. This same Atlanticist Europe is now openly sending modern weapons to Ukrainian troops while imposing sanctions on Moscow, hoping for its defeat and weakening. If we assume the worst possible scenario, which is a complete Russian defeat, the fall of Vladimir Putin and the collapse of the Russian state, the consequences of such a traumatic event would not bypass Europe. Given that Russia has a population of 145 million, a possible wave of refugees alone would be a burden that EU could not cope with, not to mention other aspects of such an event. Warsaw and Krakow are already warning of the impossibility of accepting additional refugees from Ukraine, and are demanding help from the European Union and the UN.[16]
As far back as 2017 and 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin[17][18][19] warned of the existence of programs for the development of biological weapons in Ukraine, and of programs for collecting DNA material from Slavs in both Russia and Ukraine. The foreign media, especially the Western one, dismissed[20] all of this as another example of Putin’s madness. Those Western officials who addressed this issue unanimously rejected the claims as Russian propaganda. It was all a conspiracy theory[21] until the Russian military operation in Ukraine began. Among the first to notice something unusual was Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, [22] an independent journalist from Bulgaria. Namely, she pointed out that all data about eleven American biolaboratories[23] on the territory of Ukraine was deleted from the website of the American Embassy in Kiev. This went unnoticed until March 8, when, during her testimony to the Senate Committee, Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland openly acknowledged the existence of biological laboratories on the territory of Ukraine, certainly under supervision from the United States. When Senator Marco Rubio asked if Ukraine possessed chemical or biological weapons, Nuland replied that “Ukraine has biological research facilities, which in fact we are now quite concerned Russian troops, Russian forces maybe seeking to gain control of. We are working with the Ukrainians on how they can prevent any of those research material from falling into the hands of Russian troops should they approach”.[24] Thank you Vicky, that was more than clear enough. Immediately following this, US administration began damage control, stating the reasons for the existence of laboratories, such as reducing the risk of chemical and biological weapons leftover from the Soviet period, [25] and harmless study of diseases for the common good.[26] If we accept these explanations, a couple of very clear questions arise.
Given that Washington’s activities in Ukraine on this issue have been going on since 2005, it is logical to ask how much time is actually needed to remove or destroy the chemical and biological weapons of the former USSR. Is seventeen years not enough? On the other hand, if these research facilities are really doing harmless research for the benefit of mankind, then why is Victoria Nuland worried about the possibility of them being taken over by the Russians? The conclusion is quite simple, although there is a chance it is wrong. They are lying, both in regard to the purpose of laboratories and in regard to the nature of materials contained within them.
The most worrying part of the issue related to biological laboratories is the possibility that they conducted research on bioweapons that would target specific national groups, in this case it being Slavic population, Russians and Ukrainians. As we already pointed out, back in 2017, Vladimir Putin mentioned the existence of programs for collection of DNA samples from the Russian population. The US Department of Defense did not refute these allegations, but indirectly confirmed them. In a statement from the 59th Medical Wing of the Center for Advanced Molecular Detection, Captain Beau Downey said the center was conducting research “to identify various biomarkers associated with trauma…this needed two sets of samples and since the first set, containing the initial group of diseases had Russian origin, the control group should also be of Russian origin”.[27][28]
Now let the author, who is a laymen when it comes to microbiology and military, try to unpack this, with warning that the following train of thought could be completely wrong. So, a military medical institution within US is doing research connected to trauma. It is presumed trauma here refers to injury. Fair enough, after all, this type of activities would seem only logical for such an institution. Given we are talking about trauma, we should ask trauma of whom? Civilians or military personnel? There has to be more than enough civilian medical institutions dealing with issues of civilian injuries, so it would seem logical 59th Medical Wing of the Center for Advanced Molecular Detection deals with injuries suffered by soldiers. Again, this seems logical. Soldiers of which country? Logically, United States. Let us now contemplate who the soldiers of the US Army are. According to Pew research from 2017, 57% of military personnel were white,[29] while 43% belonged to other races, as defined by US census. US population, roughly 330 million people, encompasses around 3 million Russians, which is little bit less than 1% of total population. This leads us to conclude that overwhelming majority of white Americans serving in US army belong to German, Anglo-Saxon and other non-Slavic European nations. If our logic has been sound so far, it begs a question why the sample taken for this research was not more diverse in its origin? Why was it not more representative of the real genetical composition of US forces, as described above? If there is research being conducted with emphasis on identification of biomarkers associated with trauma, why focus your attention to rather minor part of your population, and accordingly, your military units? It seems a wasted effort or Captain Downey is obfuscating real intentions. It does pay to bear in mind this identification of trauma biomarkers might not be used solely for healing purposes, this could have offensive value as well. This is all conjecture, given real informations are scarce, however, to the author, a layman, it seems illogical to conduct a research of this type on a minor and, from US military point of view, irrelevant sample, if we are considering only trauma detection and injury remediation.
So for the purposes of their research, American military did indeed collect samples of the Russian genetic code. Igor Kirilov, head of CBRN defense for the Russian Army, points out that in the period from 2020 to 2021, under the auspices of studies with various pathogens, several thousand samples of patient serum (patients were of Slavic origin) were transferred from Ukraine to the United States. The final destination of these samples was the military Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the US, the largest institution of its kind in the America.[30] Shortly after Victoria Nuland’s statement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called on Washington to present details of its military-biological activities to the public, stressing that the United States has 336 laboratories in 30 countries, 26 of which are in Ukraine.[31][32][33] At the same time, just a day after the Russian army began its operation, the official website of the American National Endowment for Democracy, the infamous NED, removed all documentation related to its activities on the territory of Ukraine.[34] We should not lose sight of the fact that NED, according to its own data, has been active in Ukraine since 1989.
After only ten days of Russian progress, we came to a situation where we had to accept, as a fact, that United States have funded laboratory work in Europe with some of the most dangerous pathogens known to man. The laboratory in Odessa[35] is classified as level three biosafety facility, out of four possible levels.[36] Level three biosafety enables work with anthrax and tuberculosis, among other things. It is also necessary to take into account that there is a significant possibility of European countries being acquainted with the entire program, which only further emphasizes the subordination of the European Union to American interests.
The possibility that other Slavic countries deliberately cooperated with Washington on this issue shows an extremely dangerous degree of frivolity, especially when we consider that one of the main characteristics of both viruses and bacteria is mutations aimed at facilitating their spread. It is not impossible to imagine that a virus artificially created to attack Russians after several mutations becomes dangerous for Poles or Czechs, given the common Slavic roots and similar characteristics of the genetic code in all Slavic peoples.
Finally, we will look at the economic consequences of current events, and they are best seen when looking at oil and natural gas prices on the world market. At the time of writing, a barrel of oil sells for $ 110, while a thousand cubic meters of natural gas costs $ 4,705. These are astronomical figures, figures that already have a visible negative impact on European industry. On March 10, the only state-owned steel plant in Germany, Lech-Stahlwerke, was forced to shut down its Bavarian plant due to high energy prices.[37] This factory produced a million tons of steel a year, and consumed as much energy as the city of 300,000 inhabitants.
According to a survey by the Federation of German Industries, high energy prices are jeopardizing the survival of a quarter of all German small and medium-sized enterprises.[38][39] According to available data, 23% of these companies see energy prices as a threat to their own survival, while 21% are considering moving plants abroad. It should be borne in mind that these are data just before the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, which logically leads to the conclusion that the current situation is much worse. This is of particular importance given that more than half of jobs in Germany are created by small and medium-sized enterprises.[40] These same companies generate 37% of the total annual turnover and make up almost 99% of all existing German companies.[41]
Unfortunately for Europe, Germany has been transformed through EU into the economic engine of the entire continent, and any instability within Germany itself can only have a negative impact on the rest of the countries, both inside and outside Europe. At the same time, the European Union is introducing a new package of sanctions against Russia, which includes a ban on export of luxury goods to the Russian Federation and the import of iron and steel from it.[42][43] Russia is one of the five largest exporters of iron and steel globally. Sanctioning Moscow in this regard can only lead to a further rise in metal prices. Russian authorities have already announced additional duties of 15% on the export of 340 products made of steel and other metals, which will be in force from August 1 to December 31 this year. Since we are talking about exports, this will also affect the increase in prices, and from this move, a profit of 160 billion rubles is expected.[44] According to data from 2019, the EU import of semi-finished steel products from Russia and Ukraine accounts for as much as 71% of imports in this category. In other categories of steel products, the Russian Federation, together with Ukraine, appears as one of the major trade partners of the European Union as well.[45]
Russia is also a leading exporter of cereals, especially wheat. Ukraine and the Russian Federation provide as much as a quarter of the world’s wheat export,[46] which is crucial for nutrition of a number of countries, including those in Europe. Given the current events, the chances are extremely low that Ukrainian farmers will sow their fields this year. Without sowing there can be no harvest. Food prices are expected to rise globally.[47] At the same time, Russia is the primary exporter of neon, nickel, copper and precious metals,[48] with neon and palladium standing out due to their key role in production of microchips.[49][50]
There is not even theoretical possibility that Western countries will remain unaffected by their own sanctions. Three weeks after start of the conflict, Washington has already been forced to send a diplomatic mission to Nicolas Maduro with the goal of convincing Venezuela to compensate for oil that Moscow delivered to the United States.[51] Not so long ago Maduro was a dictator and a drug dealer.
While the West is feverishly looking for new ways to sanction Russia for “violating international law”, economic and political processes worthy of attention are taking place on the other side of the Eurasian supercontinent. In early March, the Russian Federation and Pakistan signed a major trade agreement by which Islamabad agreed to import two million tons of wheat and natural gas from Russia.[52] Shortly afterwards, India and Russia decided to finalize a system of mutual trade that would take place in the national currencies of the two countries, thus bypassing the dollar. According to available data, edible oil and fertilizer are of key interest for New Delhi at the moment, but once established, this system can easily be used to trade in other goods as well.[53] At the same time, China and the Eurasian Economic Union are agreeing to create a common and independent international monetary and financial system based on the “new international currency”.[54] This new currency is supposed to take yuan as a reference base and its value would be calculated on the basis of the index of national currencies of the participating countries, as well as commodity prices.[55] In addition to all this, there are signs of negotiations between Saudi Arabia and China regarding possibility that Riyadh would accept the Chinese yuan instead of the dollar as a means of payment for oil bought by Beijing,[56] especially now that dedollarization has become an integral part of developing one’s own sovereignty. For the sake of the record, China buys 25% of total Saudi oil exports.
Despite warnings from major banks on Wall Street, Western sanctions included expulsion of Russian banks from the global SWIFT payment system, but this is proving to be another future problem for Western capitals. A Bloomberg article points out that “booting Russia from the critical global system — which handles 42 million messages a day and serves as a lifeline to some of the world’s biggest financial institutions — could backfire, sending inflation higher, pushing Russia closer to China and shielding financial transactions from scrutiny by the West. It might also encourage the development of a SWIFT alternative that could eventually damage the supremacy of the U.S. dollar.”[57]
This warning has already proven to be correct, considering that Moscow has connected its own system for international financial exchange not only with China, but also with India and all the countries that make up the EAEU. Russia’s System for Transfer of Financial Messages already links more than 400 banks.[58] If we take into account the previously emphasized importance of the Russian Federation as an exporter of several key raw materials, it is logical to expect a further increase in the number of institutions involved in the network. Given that India and China together have close to three billion inhabitants, their participation in this system is crucial and there is no real reason why these two countries would not join it.
Russia itself is already discussing the nationalization[59] of assets of foreign companies that left the country in protest over the conflict in Ukraine, while the director of the Center for Economic Research of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements, Vasily Koltashov, advocates de facto confiscation of foreign technologies through a law on friendly and hostile states which would allow Russian Federation to cease recognizing US rights to patents.[60] Koltashov believes that “if a country turns out to be on the unfriendly list, then we can start copying its technologies in pharmaceuticals, industry, manufacturing, electronics, medicine. It can be anything – from simple details to chemical compositions.”[61] Western sources also warn of the dangers regarding sanctions in the technological sphere.[62]
Late last year, Iran and Russia finalized agreements to sign a major comprehensive co-operation agreement for a period of twenty years, which is likely to be similar to the agreement reached between Tehran and Beijing.[63] At the same time, on the very day the Russian operation in Ukraine began, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was in Moscow. During this visit, an agreement was reached on the construction of a large gas pipeline “North-South” which would transfer liquefied gas from the southern Pakistani port of Karachi to the northern part of the country.[64] The value of this project, which should be executed by Russian companies, is estimated at two billion dollars. In addition to cooperation with Asian countries, Moscow seems to be expanding cooperation with South American countries as well. During the meeting between Putin and Bolsenaro in February, the Brazilian president pointed out the high degree of interest in cooperation in the field of SMRs, that is, small modular nuclear reactors, especially their role in the development of Brazilian nuclear submarines, and expanding “dialogue on issues such as off-shore hydrocarbon production, hydrogen and nuclear energy…strengthening military cooperation and bilateral exchanges.”[65]
As we can see, a series of constructive moves that should strengthen mostly opponents and competitors of the United States. Meanwhile, in the clown world of EU, the Brussels is preparing to impose sanctions on Poland and Hungary for refusing to comply with European Union dictates regarding LGBT propaganda and other decadent Western “values.” Namely, on March 10, the European Parliament, by a large majority, passed a decision calling on the European Commission to start the procedure of withholding funds from those countries that “do not respect the rule of law”, with special emphasis on Warsaw and Budapest.[66][67]
This can only deepen the Union’s already existing agony, especially given the duration of this crisis, and the existence of several other simultaneous issues that are eroding internal cohesion and functioning. If the EC really implements this decision, question of Poland’s, and possibly Hungary’s, exit from the European Union, would inevitably become actual again. In line with European solidarity, which we could witness in action during the pandemic, Brussels also said it was grateful to states of the Western Balkan for backing EU sanctions against Russia, but noted that there were no plans for compensation funds to mitigate the damage these countries will suffer due to harmonization with the measures of the European Union.[68] Much ado about solidarity.
By all accounts, the European Union is entering a period of economic and political turmoil carried on a false wave of moral superiority over Russia and the Russian people. It is enough to look at the map of the Eurasian supercontinent to see the undoubted place of Europe itself in this great expanse. The whole series of events that led us to the conflict in Ukraine were a kind of test measuring the real independence of European Union, and now we can say that European countries have failed that test. More than fifteen years, since Vladimir Putin’s famous speech in Munich, have been wasted. Neither France nor Germany exerted the necessary pressure, and they were quite capable of doing so, upon Kiev to fulfill the Minsk agreements, all the while arming the Ukrainian army and training units that we can now openly say are nothing but modern versions of Nazi troops from eighty years ago. After their ancestors were classified as “subhumans” by the “Aryan overlords” from the Third Reich, it is sad to see one Slavic people embrace this disgusting ideology with the intention of using it against another Slavic nation.
By no means are all Ukrainians open to Nazism. In fact, it is probably true that a small minority has truly accepted this ideology. However, it is necessary to accept that the part which did embrace Hitler’s ideas did so with the tacit blessing of both United States and European Union. It is depressing to observe how Europe, a space with extremely long traditions of statehood, art, culture, with the richness of its own history and historical experience, becomes even more deeply dependent on Washington. We should not cultivate illusions, in war between Russia and Ukraine, the European Union seems to be the biggest loser. Russia will be hit by sanctions but it can always turn to Asia. Iran has been under US sanctions for decades and continues to function as a state, Cuba and North Korea as well. Given this, it is relatively safe to assume that Russia will likewise survive the sanctions and continue to exist. But what will Europe do? Europe which had a rather clear and obvious choice. Either the continuation of dependence on the Atlantic order or the building of one’s own capacities with the aim of forming one of the hubs of the new multipolar order and the development of Eurasian connectivity. Apparently, Europe has chosen its path, and it could eventually lead to its disappearance. It is enough to look at the overall European birth rates, combined with impact of neoliberal open borders policy, to have a clear picture a possible future in store for Europe.
Given that this article was originally published some ten days ago, it would be prudent to take a quick look at what happened while it was translated. Economy seems to be the area where most of the action is happening right now. Syrian ambassador to Moscow, Riad Hadadd, affirmed Damascus readiness to discuss mutual trade settlements with Russia in respective national currencies.[69] At the same time, Syria eastern neighbor, Iraq, shows intent on increasing cooperation with Russian Federation. Deputy speaker of Iraq legislative body, Shahwan Abdallah said as much during his meeting in Baghdad with Russian ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev.[70] Meanwhile, Russia and Venezuela are developing possibility to use Mir cards in this South American country.[71] Vladimir Putin’s announcement that hostile countries will have to pay for oil and gas in rubles caused shock among the western countries and provided significant boost to ruble recover.[72] Putin also pointed out that gold and bitcoin would be acceptable as well.[73] Despite protestations from European countries, Moscow announced possibility that other exports from the Russian Federation will have to be paid in rubles as well.[74] It would seem that on the 30th March 2022 all westward gas flow, that is from Russia to Germany, through Yamal gas pipeline declined to zero.[75]
Meanwhile, in the background to all of this, Russian Central Bank announced it will continue to buy gold at fixed price of 5.000 rubles for a gram, which was interpreted as a clear step towards creation of gold-backed ruble[76] and which should provide further basis for strengthening of the Russian currency.[77] At the moment of writing, ruble stands at 84,5 for a dollar, almost exactly the same as at the start of the military operation.
On the other side, “leader of the free world” Joe Biden caught with cue cards instructing him on how to answer previously prepared questions. Author believed this was a joke, but apparently it is not.[78] In a rather short time frame a lot of dirty secrets became public regarding Hunter Biden, most notable being his part in financing previously mentioned biolaboratories. After everything, even MSM had to buckle and admit laptop was real and its content rather damning. On 24th March India refused to receive a UK delegation, described as high-powered, after it apparently became known British were intending to pressure and lecture New Delhi on the issue of its position regarding Russian military operation.[79]
On the ground, military situation in terms of territory possession has not changed drastically due to the fact siege of Mariupol has been ongoing for roughly two weeks now and it would seem it is entering its final phase. Latest reports indicate Nazi elements and Ukrainian troops are in possession of ever shrinking urban territory with ammunition and other supplies being nearly depleted. In other areas, intensive Russian air raids and missile strikes were noted against military training grounds, ammo and fuel depots.
Earlier statement of war in Ukraine being about anything but Ukraine seems to be corroborated in general by the developments outside the bounds of the conflict itself. The bigger picture indicates recomposition of forces, especially in the light of recent Chinese, rather indicative, comments regarding Taiwan and Beijing cooperation with Russia. And in all of this, Europe remains divided, under economic and political strain which is only going to increase. Everything happening now could have been avoided, and yet EU and US administration did everything in their power to make this war happen. In their hubris they believed in the “exceptionality” of their position, but apparently forgot that every arrogance has its price.
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“It would seem as if Russophobia had been practiced for years.”
The trail of it is a century long.
http://biblicisminstitute.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/the-truth-about-the-conflict-with-russia/
The website you quote is a front for hatred of Jews. As with all such websites lies and misrepresentation are the basis of their “ argument “. Rational people would rather focus on realty when it comes to the current situation regarding Russia and the degenerate West. Russia has survived much worse than is being thrown at them now and will survive and prosper. The real question is why are the people of the degenerate West are allowing their “ leaders “ to ruin them ? Did I just answer my own question ?
Why are the people of the “Anglo-Zionist occupied” West allowing their “ leaders “ to ruin them.
I believe I answered your question.
You appear to be always first in this forum touching upon Jewish issue. My conjecture is you might be of Jewish origin or defending this creed for some other reasons, but what really matters is who you appear to defending: Palestinian Jews or Khazars? If the former, no one intellectually honest would dare to smear these guys, because it would be rebuffed on historical grounds. If the latter then we have a serious, albeit very common problem derived from that official world history narrative that was written by victors who have been wielding power at least since 1600 (East India Company foundation) and subsequently since 1870 primarily through its Atlantic offshoots.
What has been going on in Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union bears consequences of classic mafia vendetta. It appears everybody except you agrees that the crux of the problem does not lie in antisemitism. The problem features Khazarian nature: egocentrism, greed of money and power and its derivatives, but first and foremost crusade to reconquer their motherland.
Think about it. It is so simple, so logical, facts are unequivocal, but yet so many people are incapable of thinking outside the box. In general people are lazy and vain, instead of seeking truth from many sources, they believe their TV set remote controller and official MSM propaganda instead of seeing the brutal logic of humankind misery over the last few centuries. Greed and fear, then fear and begging for mercy……I do hope this time these guys will learn a lesson and leave us alone. Unfortunately for ordinary people from the so-called West, the price will be high. Those who decide about our fate will highly likely survive living good life. Unless ordinary people, like many times in European history, realize again what has been cooked for them………….
Further to Mr. Stantz,
https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-other-option-israeli-ex-commandos-said-to-secretly-train-ukrainian-civilians/
No other option’: Israeli ex-commandos said to secretly train Ukrainian civilians. Yedioth Ahronoth says Israeli officials turning blind eye to program run by group of former IDF soldiers; ‘We’re not only fighting for Ukraine, but for ourselves,’ says instructor.
March 25, 2022
A group of Israeli ex-commandos has been training Ukrainian civilians at a secret facility in western Ukraine, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported Friday, as the Russian invasion entered its second month.
While the program is not Israeli-government sanctioned, one Israeli official told the newspaper that the top political echelon is aware of the training but is choosing to turn a blind eye.
The precise location of the facility was not disclosed due to fears it could be located by Russian intelligence.
Trainees include both male and female Ukrainian civilians, most of whom have never had any military training. Some have previously served in the military or have a little experience in shooting as a hobby.
“The entire country has re-organized itself for war in a very short period of time,” an Israeli instructor identified as R. told the newspaper.
“I’ve seen them change,” he said. “After spending a few hours with a group that includes a waiter, a chef and a lawyer, I saw the penny drop.”
“Many of them threw up because of the effort and the shock [in the training program]; it wasn’t easy for them, but I saw them go aside, throw up, calm down and come back because there’s just no other option,” he said.
The Israeli ex-commando in charge of the program, identified as “Danny,” said the program started as a rescue mission for stranded Jews from war-stricken areas in Ukraine, who quickly began to require armed escorts as the fighting escalated.
“We realized they needed something else completely,” he said.
Danny first visited Ukraine in 1997 and was also there during the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. He said it was obvious to him that he needed to go to Ukraine to help from the moment Russian troops invaded on February 24, and highlight his own obligations to Israel as a factor.
“When you first arrive in a country facing annihilation, you realize the responsibility you have to your own country, the importance of joining the IDF… of protecting your homeland,” he said.
The fact that Israelis are actively training Ukrainians to oppose the Russian army is highly unusual, especially considering the refusal of Israel to provide Ukraine with any military equipment, even defensive gear, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s repeated appeals.
Citing an Israeli official, the Yedioth Ahronoth report indicated that the political echelon is aware of the covert program but has chosen to look away.
“We are all united in our support and solidarity toward the Ukrainian nation… which has been exposed to the worst kind of Russian aggression,” the unnamed official said.
“That’s why we know and choose to look the other way,” the official added, refusing to say who in the Israeli defense establishment was aware of the secret facility.
Russia’s presence in Syria has been seen as a factor in Israel’s lack of strong backing for Ukraine during the war. But the official claimed that the Israeli attitude toward this issue may be shifting.
“The truth is, we’re pretty sick of the Russian story in Syria and how they keep screwing us over,” this official said.
“Yes, we are fully coordinated with them, but we were never deceived — they are not on our side. They talk to us right after coordinating with the Syrians, Iranians and with Hezbollah in Syria. They are on their side and are making our life extremely difficult. We shouldn’t forget that,” the official added.
The Israelis involved in the training program said they don’t believe the Russian invasion will end soon.
“Our actions here show why our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will also serve in the military. This place is proof of that,” Danny said, pointing toward the front line. “There’s evil in the world.”
Asked by one of the trainees why he’s there, another Israeli instructor said that the battle taking place in Ukraine is indicative of a larger threat.
“We’re not only fighting for Ukraine, but for ourselves,” he said. “If Ukraine falls, people who oppose democracy will raise their heads, it will encourage malign forces all over the world and Putin will want to help them.”
Quo Vadis, you ask?
Do you remember what happened with the most remarkable Western European political figures post-WWII (Charles De Gaulle, Willy Brandt, Aldo Moro, and Olof Palme)? Do you remember how they left the political scene; all of them?
Could you explain this please? You mean their political end or that they were assesinated?
No I don’t know – could you please tell us the answer ?
@OB. I remember the retirement/dismissal of these good Leaders only vaguely because it occurred before NATZO’s invasion of Serbia, which is when I myself began to ask “Quo vadis, Europa?”.
De Gaulle was against NATO. He was ousted by a “colour revolution” of students. The most headline-grabbing student Leader earned the following entry in WikiPedia:
“Daniel Cohn-Bendit is a French-German politician. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France, widely known during that time as “Danny the Red”, because of both his politics and the colour of his hair. He became co-president of the group Greens–EFA in the European Parliament. He was a recipient of the European Parliament’s European Initiative Prize in 2016.”
Olaf Palme was gunned down while walking with his wife in a quiet suburb of Stockholm. I remember a Swedish policeman’s shock at the scene: “This is Western Europe, we shall find who did it”. But the most likely suspects turned out to be the Swedish police force.
Willy Brandt was a nice guy, whom I remember only for his regret: “We Social Democrats were too polite to confront the Nazis by fighting them on the streets”.
Europa vadis to the bottom of the pit by making itself a doormat of the US. I suspect the winter will change things and one country after the other might leave NATO and even the EU and these countries will survive and prosper.
Basf ceo isnt impressed. Theres a lot at stake. Maybe moving to russia will be viable as he cant make nato policy
https://m.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BASF-SE-6443227/news/BASF-says-it-would-stop-output-if-gas-supplies-fell-to-half-its-needs-39914417/
The European Union, receives “25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Moscow.” Actually, cutting back by that amount is not as difficult as it sounds, and the environmentalists in Europe are recommending to do at least that anyways for climate change reasons. The threat of cutting gas may not be such a big deal to many Europeans as many make it out to be. I would not bet on which way the Europeans will play their card. I know they have good sweaters, thick blankets, and an eco-friendly population in Germany.
Meanwhile, folks are freaking out Stateside. Biden just released even more fuel from the U.S. Strategic petroleum reserve for the purpose of keeping gas prices down. I thought that reserve was for real emergencies like when one goes to war rather than to stiffle inconviences. (I wonder what the Pentagon is saying about this?) Looks like Biden was never really concerned about climate change. Well, there goes his support from the environmental community. The dung in the sanction blowback seems like it will end up on the faces in the U.S. more than anywhere else.
It’s not only a matter of missing oil and gas, the price will significantly go up. No matter how you look at it, it will severely damage the economy.
Biden is stupid, and all its actions are also stupid.
What people should understand about all western politicians, is that they are not just evil, they are deeply incompetent.
Macron, Biden, Scholz, Borrell, Von der Leyen, Johnson, secondary people like Sánchez in Spain
All of them are pure liers, and not just to hide their evilness but also to hide their pure stupidity.
Don’t doubt that this measurement of release oil will have very negative consequences and don’t achieve anything.
He was never concerned about climate change. He’s a butt boy for big oil … and coal … and that is one of the things he’s forcing on Eurat. As part of the oil contingent they fight anyone green change.
One thing that you can trust Biden for and that is he lies. He lies about everything. He always has. I hope he lies to the DOJ. Hunter too but I digress.
I don’t anyone much will give af about the environment soon enough, if there is one.
As an aside its great that Trump was buying more when oil was $28 a barrel……..does selling it at over a $100 help Bidens deficit spending???
.. recommending to do at least that anyways for climate change reasons.”.. you disinform. ”Doctored Data, Not U.S. Temperatures, Set a Record This Year by James
Taylor” .
”EconLog. 1.6%, Not 97%, Agree that Humans are the
Main Cause of Global Warming. By David Henderson”.
”The UK Telegraph in their ClimateGate Series exposed the U of East Anglia
Climate Scientists, who were tasked with supplying the UN’s IPCC with
temperature data.. for having deliberately placed thermometers on
rooftops next to hot air con outlets, on black tarmac car parks, in city
centers and supplied many readings from Russian locations with NO
thermometers”.
There are 3 basic climate science principles: -1) Climate science is in it’s absolute infancy.-2)The climate is so complex it is impossible to model or predict. -3)The inherent complexity ensure it will always be changing and nothing man does impacts that.
“Actually, cutting back by that amount is not as difficult as it sounds” especially if you are not in a country affected.
Agree. The Strategic reserves are for emergency use. Those reserves may well be needed in the near future. The obvious answer would seem to be to start drilling again and re open the pipelines. To use the reserves to drop gas prices a dime or two is a cheap political trick with dangerous consequences.
When you’re looking around the poker table for the patsy and can’t find him, it’s you, Scholz. Yes you Scholz you spineless non-entity, with a jellyfish personality.
Their ally’s America were spying on Merkel so numb-nuts Scholz must expect more of the same. What a cretin!
The Americans have truly subjugated and brainwashed the Japs & Jerries.
Number of Yank troops stationed in:
Germany….30,000+
Japan…..50,000
Occupied states, nuff said.
The SPD went over to the Nazis in 1933 without much of a struggle and did their duty in the German Armed Forces in WW2. USA under Biden is a Fascist state and German chancellor went over to American Fascists. With Critical Race theory being the official US position, all European people are evil, it is bizarre seeing Europe blindly following a Regime that clearly hates them.
Simply not true. The SPD, Germany’s social democrats, were the only party openly resisting Hitler’s Empowerent Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz) in the German parliament.
The SPD was the only party not to vote in favour of that law, which basically gave the new Chancellor Hitler unlimited powers.
All others voted in favour – including all the centrists, and the catholic bourgeoisie, represented by such people as the later chancellor Konrad Adenauer. (The 81 communist representatives had been annulled anyway… Canadian Castro would probably have frozen their bank accounts)
Otto Wels (SPD) famously stated in the Reichstag, defending his (unpopular!) decision: Our liberty and live can be taken from us – not our honour („Freiheit und Leben kann man uns nehmen, die Ehre nicht.“).
Those were glorious days of German’s SPD. Nothing to do with the weasels of our days, who are fully aligned with Brussels.
Only former chancellor Schröder (1998-2005) again grew some balls, after seeing how his government was used against Yugoslavia, and resisted baby Bush’s 2003 campaign for war against Iraq. Withstanding an enormous amount of domestic and international pressure. By then it was the weasels from the CDU (Merkel, Röttgen, to name just those two) who disgustingly brownnosed Rumsfeld at the Munich security conference, assuring him how a CDU government would stand with the US to the last Iraqi.
So you can accuse the German SPD of many things, but not of supporting the Nazis. They were the only ones resisting their empowerment.
Wait a second, Germany voted against because Aral had good contracts with Iraq before the US invaded and destroyed that country. Along with France, who also opposed US invasion, TotalFinaElf also had good contracts with Iraq for its oil.
Thanks for setting that record straight.
There are a lot of Americans who love to sit in judgment on all Germans.
Now Americans are failing all of the tests.
Bowing down, cowed by the covid nonsense, now addled by the Hate Russia nonsense.
Not chasing down their own criminal leaders such as Biden and the Neocons.
Time for humility.
Breitscheid died at KZ Buchenwald; Schumacher spent the war in various KZ
“Schumacher, who despite missing one of his arms and being in constant pain because of his war wounds, was unyielding in his principles, taking abuse from the guards without complaint.[16] The more prominent and older Schumacher, who had been an outspoken opponent of the Nazis as an SPD deputy in the Reichstag, remained in concentration camps (which destroyed his health) until the end of World War II”
How dare you denigrate the memory of people who went into concentration camps because they were members of SPD
If indeed Russia is ‘a Gas Station Masquerading As A Country,’ it sells an awful lot of vital items in the adjacent shop.
Truly excellent roundtable interview program on the Ukraine-Russia SMO:
https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/ukraine-roundtable-false-flags-psyops-propaganda-what-you-are-not-being-told-about-ukraine/
You are correct UB! one of the most complete set of views I have heard collected in a segment. HIGHLY recommended! Should be a MUST for this crowd here as well.
Thanx for it!
Just listened to the whole thing.
Excellent.
Highly recommended. Alex Thomson and Vanessa Beeley (sp?) are both topnotch thinkers. Thomson is a font of knowledge—comparable in the historical and cultural realm to Scott Ritter in the military-intel-weapons realm.
Thank god we do have some good people.
Sadly, both Thomson’s and Beeley’s prognosis for the future trajectory of this conflict and the blowback effects on Europe are rather grim. “Ukraine” will infect Europe. It is highly ironic that many of the most retrogressive Ukrainians are the ones who have seized the opportunity to get into the EU as refugees, where they, along with their poisonous ideologies, will be integrated deep into Europeans communities.
Today’s nazis in Ukraine follow in the footsteps of their fathers and grandfathers :
#WeRemember
Memo of the head of the agitation and propaganda department of the Main Political Department of the Red Army “On the military counterrevolutionary organization of Ukrainian nationalists in the western regions of Ukraine”
April 11, 1944
“In the very first days of Nazi Germany’s attack on the USSR, when the Red Army was temporarily withdrawing from the western regions of Ukraine with defensive battles, Ukrainian nationalists called for assistance to the German invaders.”
“Ukrainian nationalists are trying to pass themselves off as true supporters and saviours of the Ukrainian people. They claim to be fighting both against Moscow and the Germans for the liberation of the Ukrainian people. This, of course, is a lie. The Ukrainian nationalists helped the Germans in every way they could in their struggle against the Red Army, hoping that they would give them the opportunity to seize power.”
#WeRemember
The information published by the Main Political Department of the Red Army
September 23, 1944
Document presents the characteristic composition of many nationalist gangs operating in western Ukraine, which “consist of remnants of the defeated SS “Galicia” divisions, former policemen and forcibly mobilized population, as well as those who evaded mobilization into the Red Army.
These gangs have a sufficient number of automatic weapons and ammunition and are under the command of well-trained commanders who have received military training in UPA field schools and special instructors trained by the OUN in the Carpathians”.
#WeRemember
The information published by the Main Political Department of the Red Army
September 26, 1944
“On 31 August, near the village of Gurnyi, Staro-Samborsk district, criminals brutally killed private Kopylov and severely wounded private Sinyavsky of the 115th engineering battalion.
Kopylov’s arms and legs were twisted, his left eye was knocked out and his nose was cut off. After being brutally tortured, Kopylov was shot with an assault rifle burst.”
August 10, 1944
“On August 10, criminals led Elena Ponevina, a girl-machine operator of the 2nd air army, into the forest. There they raped her, carved stars on her arms, legs and chest, wrote “Russia” on her stomach and left her tied up in the woods.”
#WeRemember
Political report of the Rovno regional military commissariat “On the actions of bourgeois-nationalist gangs in the Rovno region”.
July 24, 1944
▫️The bourgeois-nationalist gangs in the districts of the region “continue to exist, but lately the bandit organisations have broken up into small groups instead of large groups, as before, with the task of terrorist acts against the leading workers, activists of village councils and soldiers of the Red Army, simultaneously aiming to disrupt the activities of the Soviet authorities’ organisations.
▫️In the village of Kareliki the Bandera members broke into the house of an employee of the RAFO and shot 9 people, including children. In the village of Lizino, the secretary of the Litovki village council was beheaded by the Banderaites.
#WeRemember
Report of the political department of the Volyn military commissariat.
June 10, 1946
▫️The document describes many episodes of brutality and atrocity by the Banderites.
▫️In one village, for example, a group of seven nationalists murdered the chairman of the village council and a local police officer.
▫️”Both were brutally tortured: their eyes gouged out, stabbed with knives, burned with hard iron and ramrods”.
https://silavpravde.mil.ru/
Excellent article, Mal, may I call you Mal? First, I think the 4700 dollar figure is for a million cubic feet of NG, not a thousand. Although it’s also priced elsewhere at $5.75 per million BTUs. Maybe you’re right, anyone familiar with it? I admit to being a layman in this.
When we talk of ethnic-targeted bioweapons, cooperation by NATO connected former Soviet republics (Poland and such), I’d say that would be redundant in any case because of all the medical/doctor based NGOs that are ubiquitous throughout Russia. Who’s to say the Doctors Without Borders NGOs aren’t helping gather DNA via blood testing through ‘routine’, charitable medical care while sharing the DNA take to labs outside Russia? I hate NGOs because the very term is a lie. The US Government funds lots of “NON” Governmental Organizations, they must want something for their money.
Along with cleaning up Ukraine, I fervently hope Mr. Putin looks deeply into the NGO infrastructure within Russia. Clinton-Foundation NGO and her spin-offs are ripe for investigation. Thoughts, anyone?
“into the NGO infrastructure within Russia. Clinton-Foundation NGO and her spin-offs are ripe for investigation.”
As in all dances sequencing and tempo are key to outcomes, including interactions with other dancers on the dance floor.
Previous sequencing was a function of interactions with other dancers on the dance floor facilitating present levels of coordination.
Consequently different sequencing and tempo will facilitate different dances with more partners.
You can use my first name if need arises. Also, I could be wrong regarding the price. As I was writing the article, I googled the price at that moment, and what I got was more than 4K in dollars for a thousand cubic meters. The info might have been wrong or I could have not payed enough attention. Regarding NGOs, you are right, nothing more to be said really.
Following on from Dr Paul Craig Roberts’ “The Western World Has Had Its Run” reflect for a moment of Russia & China building with posture.
After Russia’s SMO has met its numerous immediate goals in Ukraine of:
– demilitarisation
– denazification
– control of US-funded/sponsored bio-labs
– control of Chernobyl & other nuclear reactors,
and notwithstanding that Russia (as the successor state of the ancient Kievan Rus, Russian Empire & USSR) can claim the entire territory of present-day Ukraine, Presidents Putin & Xi could announce a round-table conference with:
1 Belarus, re: Polesia
2 Hungary & Slovakia, re: Transcarpathia
3 Romania, re: N. Bukovina, Hertsa, N. & S. Bessarabia, Snake Is.
4 Moldova, re: S. & N. Bessarabia
5Transnistria, re: N. of Odessa region
6 Poland, re: Galicia
and offer them:
– their former territories currently incorporated in present-day Ukraine;
– to become members of a military security alliance e.g an expanded CSTO; &
– inclusion in China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI).
– additionally, to get them over the line, Russia could also offer greatly discounted prices on current oil & gas contracts for a certain period of time.
Now obviously the historical wedge patsy, Roman Catholic Poland, will resist, but when its populace sees Belarus, Transnistria, Hungary’s Orban & the hopelessly corrupt Romanians accept the deal, this may spark a discussion amongst Poles as to why they must continually sacrifice their own prosperity for never-materialising Western security ‘guarantees’ ✝
Any nation which declines receiving its former territory back would be assured that its territory would remain on offer for a certain future period, say 5 years. This would allow the time for the population of such a nation to ‘psychologically simmer’ on the advantages to be had of accepting its former territory. However, it must also be made clear to participants that the offer will not be extended indefinitely.
If successful, this would:
– restore historical justice;
– neutralise the territories from the current Russo-phobic, nationalistic ‘Ukrainian’ project; &
– potentially create allies of Russian (if not, at least, non-hostile partners) of current NATO members.
In addition, there wouldn’t be a single greater geopolitical initiative to start the ball rolling of fracturing NATO. In the very least it would break up the political alliance between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland & Slovakia, aka the Visegrad group.
For the detail, see: To whom may go the territories of Ukraine? at geopolitica.ru
✝ As an aside, Western ‘guarantees’ are promises to do something in the future – which effectively cost the collective West nothing.
Interesting concept. Unfortunately, all analyses , including this one do not take into account the biggest Ukrainian problem – Ukrainian Nazism. It is a much bigger problem than, for example, German Nazism. The degree of degeneration of certain groups in Ukrainian society is enormous, and frankly speaking, nobody knows how to solve this problem. According to this concept, Poland would be given the Galicia region, which is the center of Ukrainian Nazism. It would be a kind of punishment for the polish russophobia, but remembering the Ukrainian crimes in Volhynia ….., can we punish polish political stupidity in such a way? On the other hand, it should be written that the Russian political concept has not changed for years. It is in Russia’s interest to keep on its borders countries which are friendly towards Russia, as it was after the Second World War
Good and well said overall. I agree with most of your talking points. Just a thing I don’t buy in : “the sense of moral superiority of Europeans”. I should quote you more precisely. Your statement : “By all accounts, the European Union is entering a period of economic and political turmoil carried on a false wave of moral superiority over Russia and the Russian people.”
I don’t think so. At least in western Europe where I live, there is no sense of moral superiority at all, all the contrary. When you are the lapdog of your master and you know it crystal clear, you’re very unlikely to enjoy the sense of anything close to moral superiority over anybody, even Pygmies (no offense intended, Pygmies). In my view, you’re falsely assimilating Europe with the States. We certainly don’t suffer from the famous Chosen People’s Syndrome like Israël or his big buddy Uncle Sam. My diagnostic, though I have zero degree in medicine, is we suffer as a collective (not necessarily as an individual) from the Fallen People’s syndrome like Egyptians, Greeks, Aztecs, Mayans and Etruscans.
It seems now we are well on our way to the great cemetery of the dead civilisations where we can sleep and dream of our ancient glory for the rest of the times.
Jean, greetings. Thank you for the comment, it’s always good to hear from someone who is “on the ground” so to speak. My conclusion could have been wrong, I made it on the basis of behavior of European political representatives and what I could observe, via different media (Facebook, Telegram, YT and similar), happening in different EU countries to ordinary Russians. Your Fallen People syndrome has merit and I might have mistaken what is a desperate lashing out at Russians due to sad state of Europe itself for sense of moral superiority.
Thanks for the answer, Ljubisa. I add a few precisions for your understanding. A great 10% of voters has put Macron in the presidential palace Elysée and will be enough, very likely, to make him reelected or, I should say, crowned as our new (naked) emperor. Democracy is gone here, all that rests is smoke and mirrors. The last nail in the coffin was the covid stuff.
No problem. I presume you are from France? If I understood you correctly, you believe none of the other candidates has a chance in beating Macron? What is the state among your ordinary people, how are they reacting to everything that has been happening and also, are things in Corsica settling down?
Ljubisa Malenica, first rate compendium on all facets leading up to the ongoing crisis emanating from Ukraine, vis a vis US arrogant stupidity and EU dutiful stupidity.
the cue card situation was indeed real, obviously there is a need for a world leader to reference notes in these matters but my understanding these were fully written out responses not notes.
thank you
No problem, glad you enjoyed the text.
EU Commission is certainly blundering in geopolitical terms. BreXit removed 16% EU GDP and the second biggest economy yet the EU failed to embrace UK in a new relationship but focused on punishment and “sanctions”. As a result UK was free to instigate trouble using Poland and Baltics to hem in Germany, and reverting to Mahan could seriously damage the German economy by removing its most profitable export market – and severing German ties with Russia just as effectively as the Kaiser failing to renew the Reinsurance Treaty in 1890 left France able to ally with Russia and bring in UK to encircle Germany.
Germans are geopolitical numskulls – French are not, nor are Italians – I tend to think in the medium to long-term both Italy and France will be Russian allies and Germany will have implemented the Morgenthau Plan courtesy of Robert Habeck who seems as keen on Year Zero as Pol Pot.
The German chemical industry should be invited to relocate to Russia since its future in Germany is doomed – Hoechst is gone, Bayer is stumbling – BASF needs its gas feedstock and already owns assets in Siberia. Without an auto industry the demand for engineering plastics is not based in Germany but in Asia
I find it absolutely extraordinary that a country of the size and stature of Germany would do this to themselves. They’re a number of Yank poodle states committing slow burning suicide but Germany seems to be at the head of the line. It truly does boggle the mind.
About etnic specificity of bioweapons: It would be useful to talk to a transplant expert or population biologist. This type of weapon would work best in an inbred population. To be found in isolated mountain valleys or in self isolating tribes (often because of self perceived etnic or religious superiority).
Russia however is for an important part a huge lowland plain, has slavic, viking and mongol genes as well as germanic and a pool from populations of the ‘stans’. In other words: a healthy, genetically widely diverse population, in which it would be almost impossible to find common markers.
There is truth to your argument,however I believe different populations within Russia are dominantly Slavic, or Asiatic, or from the “stans” as you say. There is mingling for sure, but not in an extent which would make entire population resistant to this sort of warfare. That is why these bioweapons are of such concern. They could target Russians while leaving out other peoples in the federation and as I noted, given the common Slavic genetic root, mutations could turn these viruses into a problem for all other Slavic nations.
A song for the times, history repeating more truthfully this time? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ
Thank you for this analysis of the situation we all find ourselves in. I would add that even Irish universities are, officially, participating in the isolation, canceling, and censoring of Russia. My own university has handed down an official policy that all faculty and librarians are to sever relations with any academic in the territory of the Russian Federation. Additionally, Western academic publishers are categorically rejecting submissions from Russian academics, and cutting off access to their publications in Russia. I am heartily ashamed of my country (I am a US citizen who speaks Russian and lived in Moscow for 4 years in the 1990s), and the Irish university where I completed my PhD. I categorically reject such actions. I would be honored to work with Russian academics.
Jewish academics Poland 1930s – Jewish academics Germany 1930s – Left-Jewish academics USA 1950s McCarthyism – Russian academics 2022. – Israeli academics next
No problem Mrs. Tock, glad you liked it. Those are disappointing news but not really surprising, it seems to be the “current thing”.
Something is strange here… Why Ukraine has still many helicopters able to fly? It’s not just the raid on Belgorod, but also the 3 rescue attempts in Mariupol. It looks that Russia lacks one of the capacities that the US bragged about (AWACS to detect flying objects at low altitude), but after more than a month, some airfields and choppers are still operational, Their satellite imagery would have detect these airfields normally, no?
I find that strange too. I would presume helicopters going into Mariupol were low flying as well but were detected and shot down. If I recall correctly, Russian Defense Ministry, in its daily briefings pointed out that they shoot down around 170 Ukrainian helicopters, while I think Ukraine has more than 200 of them. Don’t quote me on this, but I believe Ukraine has some of its airpower still operational, though greatly diminished.
The fog of war is very heavy on this conflict and one has to take almost every information with reserve. I guess we will have to wait until the end to see what really happened on the ground.
Helos don’t need airfields
But they do need good maintenance.. that will be getting more difficult
UK has a fanatic “extinction rebellion” group to stop carbon fuels …deciding to block 10 major oil terminals today….duh
following on from german officials raiding gazprom offices….still uncertain whether tax ..intelligence ..local or state administration …criminal fraud????
Nationalization of Gazprom and Rosneft Subsidiaries Discussed in Germany — Handelsblatt | Russian spring
The German Ministry of Economy is considering the nationalization of the German subsidiaries of Gazprom and Rosneft in connection with the possible cessation of energy supplies from Russia, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing government sources.
As the newspaper writes, the hostilities in Ukraine “allowed to mature plans in the Federal Ministry of Economics, which were unthinkable just a few weeks ago.”
According to Handelsblatt from government circles, the ministry’s leadership is considering “significantly more far-reaching steps”, for example, “the expropriation and nationalization of the German subsidiaries of the Russian energy companies Gazprom and Rosneft are being played out internally.”
The publication said, citing several representatives of the German government, that the background for such considerations, “in which Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also involved,” are concerns about the security of supplies in Germany.
Источник: https://rusvesna.su/news/1648755108
how could that affect things?
I thought it was EU Commission that authorised the raids on SEVERAL gas companies suspecting them of colluding to restrict supply
Wow, this is turning into a real shite-flinging fest.
It just seems like Russia is going to have the last word, since Russia has what Germany wants and needs.
So Germans acting on their own initiative (as opposed to being strong-armed by the US) to figure out more ways to poke the bear seems really stupid.
Since WWI Europe has seen a catastrophic collapse. WWI: European empires extinguished. WWII: the European intellect extinguished. Note how almost all the intellectual progress in fundamental research has occurred before WWII: relativity theory, quantum mechanics, all achieved by individuals without much corporate or government funding.
Then WWII. The government got in on research in a big way (Manhattan project). Ever since progress in fundamental physics has been on a downward trajectory. Vast amounts of money are poured into particle colliders or fusion projects (Iter) with steadily diminishing results.
Now we are entering a new stage where societal mental illness is spreading as evidenced by transgenderism, minority worship (LGBTQ+), decrease in intelligence (linguistic capability, complexity of music, acceptance of irrational beliefs (witches, ghosts, communication with the dead, super girls, life on mars).
So the question where Europe is going and has been going for quite a while has an easy answer: to the bottom.
Excellent work, Thank you. Appreciate all the footnotes and source documents
I appreciate your compliments and thank you for reading.
‘Every possible conceivable formulation of the question “is Putin crazy” had been tried, but in the case of Biden, no similar scrutiny could be found, not even in traces.’
Very comprehensive summary of the Empire suicide. Brashly force all non-compliant institutions worldwide into destroying themselves so the entitled can continue to dominate. The mass bribery needed, to regulate those who ride the fence, is very inflationary.
The golden opportunities to avoid our fate have passed. Putin’s words are long past fresh, he clearly told us the red lines which we quickly and flamboyantly crossed. Our fate is that of a drunken bully who only recovers self awareness on the floor of a bar with a mouthful of broken teeth.
With the added awareness kicking in the next day, oh crap that was the families rent and food money I spent on my drunken spree.
“It would seem as if Russophobia had been practiced for years.”
Nope. Europe never was Russophobe nor Russophile. One of the many proofs of that here in Spain are the many prizes, medals and honors conceded to Putin (for example, the Key of the City of Madrid), that are now revoked.
Europe never was Russophobe, but now (and since some decades ago) it’s Zombieland. It’s now inhabited by a mass of zombies that support “the current thing”.
https://okdiario.com/madrid/madrid-retira-rechazo-vox-llave-oro-que-putin-recibio-apoyo-rusia-11-m-8822029
That is a good point Antonio. Would you say that things in Spain might be different from, lets say Germany or UK, due to the legacy of your civil war?
As each piece falls neatly into place in Russia-Eurasia’s favor, am finding it increasingly hard to believe that the Atlantic axis portions of this geopolitical puzzle are not being subject to deliberate sabotage from within. Long before the current Ukraine battlefield emerged on the stage the simplest Occam’s razor explanation for all the clearly self-destructive plethora of bad policies from the “Biden” administration – as if any WH-run operation can be said to be in charge in the US at this point – was that for whatever reason they were determined to run the country into dysfunction. One popular speculation was that this was part of the infamous Great Reset agenda which purportedly would replace the no longer viable representative republic (and many other similar democracies in developed nations world wide) with some sort of techno-fascist oligarchy. Biden, along with many members of his family, is known to be neck-deep in Ukraine and China related influence peddling so it’s not unreasonable to speculate that he is a controlled asset in some way.
In any case, it appears that the Americans have set in motion a series of developments which, along with adroit geopolitical judo on the part of Russia and her allies, is precipitating the end of US ‘unipolar’ hegemony and ushering in a new multipolar age. The whole thing is quite breathtaking.
But it could still all be part of the Great Reset initiative in that both India and China, for example, already use extensive social credit systems with other countries coming alone. Several jurisdictions (Ukraine, Canada) are already deep into digitizing money, ID and so forth. So quite possibly the new multipolar age will feature extensive technology-based command and control features for which the collapse of the now decadent western common law based societies will pave the way.
Thank you for this extremey well-written article. And thank you Saker for posting it on your blog.
No problem Fly, thank you.
“Just look at the main actors of the drama, the United States and Russia. ”
According to The Saker, this was Russia’s intention: to bypass European NATO countries —basically, to go over their heads — and deal directly with the USA. Because russia regards the European heads of state as small fry. The USA is the big kahuna.
So it must have been obvious to Russia from the start that if their demands as they started to state them in Dec. 2021, were not met, and they were obliged to undertake a special military operation, they would be in a proxy war situation with the USA using Ukraine as a proxy.
There is no doubt EU is small fry while US is the big kahuna, and as both you and Saker point out, this was so for a while now, I was just contrasting the current situation from EU point of view. The same EU which was eager, especially Germany and France, to point out its growing independence over the last decade whenever it could, at least in the media. Now we see it was nothing but smoke and mirrors. No doubt this is a proxy war, to my mind. US (through Ukraine) on one side, Russia on the other.
Svaka ti je ka’ Njegoševa!
Great read and hope to see more posts from Ljubiša in the future.
Нека буде борба непрестана :)
Thank you for the complements, there should be more posts in the future.
The endgame of the eradication of everything Russian is the expulsion of Russia and later China from the UN and UNSC.