Russia Calls For Agreements to Prevent Expanding NATO Eastward
Via telesur english, Dec. 7, 2021
"Ukraine's accession to NATO is a red line for us and we have said it for a long time. The ongoing policy aimed at dragging Kiev into the orbit of the alliance, the actual move by NATO to use the Ukrainian military infrastructure, and attempts to turn Ukraine into a foothold in a confrontation with Russia, could have serious negative consequences and exacerbate the military and political situation in Europe," she explained.
Since 1990, NATO has been expanding its zone of influence beyond Germany's eastern borders through the incorporation of 13 former Soviet Union countries into the Alliance. This geopolitical movement has been accompanied by the promotion of an anti-Russia sentiment through international mainstream media.
"Until an overarching understanding between Russia and the West is reached, the threat of large-scale armed conflict will always exist. It's not about whether Ukraine will join NATO or not, it's Russia's growing political marginalization in its historic hinterland," analyst Sinan Hanioglu tweeted.”
On NATO's 69 anniversary, let's take a look at the organization's "humanitarian interventions" over history. pic.twitter.com/aev5cLI43H
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) April 4, 2018
#NATO Foreign Ministers met with partners #Georgia & #Ukraine. Ministers made clear that any further Russian aggression against Ukraine will have serious political & economic consequences. We need to remain vigilant & avoid escalation. #ForMin pic.twitter.com/9f7jYQZADT
— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) December 1, 2021
Via sputnik.com Dec. 7, ‘Biden Warns Putin of Economic Sanctions and Other Measures in Event of Ukraine Military Escalation’
"The Tuesday call between Biden and Putin lasted two hours and one minute and covered a range of topics, but focused primarily on Russian troops deployed near the country's western borders, which Western media is widely reporting as a sign of an imminent invasion of Ukraine.
(cross-posted from Café Babylon)
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That NATO spokesperson sure can excel at lying.
Nothing that she said was even close to the truth.
yes, oona goosepimple
is a disinformation press person. the myths were fun to read, and i loved the photo with jens and russian FM sergei lavrov.
her 5 myths tag was #disinfo; gotta love it, eh humprey?
Why does any country trust US lies?
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/09/10/how-america-double-cro...
We've been lying since signing treaties with first nations peoples...why would any other country trust the US?
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
a barn-burner by zuesse, and
thanks for bringing it, as i'd long since forgotten the details of Gorby's final agreement to détente. the first was with ronnie rayguns as i just read.
yes, and i believe that's the origin of the term 'indian giver'.
on edit: i'd forgotten to add this interesting bit from zuesse i'd copied:
The West inverts everything
The only thing that President Putin is threatening to do is to defend the citizens of the Donbas region from the bloodthirsty Ukrainian nationalists. Kiev is seriously considering crushing the Russian separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk by military force, although that would be against the Minsk accords as signed by Ukraine. Reports are that they have 120,000 troops on the line. What is wrong with this picture is that neither the US nor the EU is pressuring Ukraine to implement the Minsk accords, which would completely solve the problem. Agreements, once again, mean nothing to the US and NATO. So the pretzel logic here is that Russia is threatening poor Ukraine. There are two possible reasons that the West is doing this. The first is that they have given Kiev the green light to invade the Donbas region and the West is trying to preempt a Russian military move to defend the ethnic Russians there. The second is that it is all marketing, that it's obvious that the US and NATO and Ukraine are the bad actors here and this propaganda tries to shift the blame to Russia. The West has always threatened Russia with the fact that they have the louder marketing voice.
On top of this mess, the Dirty Dishonest Democrats have poisoned the well. Having thoroughly used fake Russian collusion to get Trump, they are now faced with Republicans screaming that Biden is soft on Russia - time for revenge. This motivates Biden's nannies to insist that he has a more hostile relationship with Russia , to prove his Russophobia credentials. Bad news for the planet. Fortunately, President Putin has a steady hand on the throttle and nothing militarily will happen unless the West gives the green light for Kiev to attack the Donbas region. I'm hoping that the West understands that Russia is very serious about defending the Donbas and that time and temperature are on Russia's side.
Capitalism has always been the rule of the people by the oligarchs. You only have two choices, eliminate them or restrict their power.
well done.
it all began with nuland's maidan putsch in ukraine, didn't it. out yanocovitch (?) in with yats who couldn't control his neo-nazis.
one possible quibble i that some of 'the little green men' who'd been protecting the two self-declared republics in the east were still wearing old russian uniforms and using heretofore abandoned and unreliable tanks. but that may be my leaky brain remembering speaking.
i also recall that no manner how many IMF loans ukraine got, they couldn't pony up their entrance fees to nato, nor stop internal corruption. the comedian zelensky has been the same as the old ones, yes?
Ukrainian President praises Nazi collaborators, RT.com
...but ignored the red army's contributions.
biden must be tougher on russia, indeed. if he's even t the wheel of this ship of fools.
yes, there be dragons there.
but biden oh biden;
oh the chicanery! mr. wd steered me to this:
‘Other participants of Putin-Biden meeting revealed’, 7 Dec, 2021, RT.com
putin had his translator in a separate office, but: