US start and lose
Scandalous stories of the arrest in Ukraine of the chief editor of RIA News - Ukraine Kirill Vyshinsky and the initiation of criminal cases by the Investigative Committee (UK) of Russia against two American journalists - the editor of The Washington Examiner, Hugo Gourdon, and the author of the article in the same publication, “Ukraine needs to blow up the Putin's Crimean Bridge” Tom Rogan indicates the transition of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia in a new phase - a sharp information war.
In the same spirit it is possible to interpret the words of acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who urged European countries not to follow the line in an interview with the Russian Business Guide - Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce today policy a small number of aggressive Russophobe powers.
- said Sergey Lavrov.
Russophobia as such is a rather emotional concept, both for opponents of Russia and its supporters, and if the main diplomat of the Russian Federation begins to use such emotionally colored definitions, it is obvious that their main addressee is more information and communication channels of a modern network society than European political an elite that Lavrov would speak in a slightly different language.
Despite the outward resemblance of the scandals surrounding Kirill Vyshinsky and the journalists of the American The Washington Examiner, they should not be regarded as mirror stories testifying to the next round of tension in relations between Russia and the West.
Paradoxically, the call of Tom Rogan to bomb the Crimean Bridge is not so much an attempt to increase the degree of anti-Russian sentiment in American society, but a maneuver to translate the existing Russian-American turbulent relations into the information field, since the crisis itself in US relations, acting in conjunction with Great Britain, and Russia, gradually calms down, and the Russian side wins the international match on points.
Recall that Tom Rogan called the Crimean Bridge, recently opened with the participation of Vladimir Putin, "an outrageous insult to the very essence of Ukraine as a state."
- suggested an American journalist.
According to the author of The Washington Examiner, an undermining will almost certainly lead to an escalation of the conflict, but Kiev will send Moscow a “clear signal”.
The last statement by Tom Rogan is in the spirit of the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump, who loves to send “clear signals” in the form of cruise missiles or sanctions against sovereign states, and then wonders why these signals were not received and understood.
We also note that the actual result of the direction of these "clear signals" turned out to be exactly the opposite than was expected in Washington and London. The Syrians repelled a missile attack and regained control over most of Syria, the Skripals case fell apart, and the US decision to withdraw from Iran’s nuclear deal (JCPOA) aggravated their relations with almost all JCPA members — Russia, Germany, France, China, and even a strategic partner Washington, Great Britain, expressed its desire to act within the framework of the JCPOA, and its doubts that the Americans will be able to conclude a new deal with Iran.
Moreover, deep cracks arose in Euro-Atlantic solidarity. Against the backdrop of the US unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe should no longer rely on an American military umbrella, and Europe’s strategic task is to solve its defense tasks independently.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during negotiations with acting German Foreign Minister stressed that Russia welcomes an independent and responsible Europe, leading a predictable and constructive policy.
Meanwhile, an independent and responsible Europe passed a bill to ignore US sanctions that may be imposed on European companies and enterprises cooperating with Iran after the resumption of US sanctions against Iran.
Thus, the international authority of Russia and its allies has increased, while the anti-Russian coalition has actually disintegrated within a few weeks. And with the actual commissioning of the Crimean bridge, we can say that the Russian Federation carried out the actual integration of Crimea with its own territory.
The task of Russia’s access to the northern Black Sea coast was historically solved in the XNUMXth century by Catherine II by the annexation of Crimea and New Russia, but at the moment, even if the matter is limited only to reunification with the Crimea, it can be considered that economic and the strategic interests of the Russian Federation in this region are fully secured by control over the territory of Crimea and the presence of the Crimean bridge.
The case of Kirill Vyshinsky, accused of participating in the “hybrid war” on the side of Russia, actually demonstrates an increase in rates on the Ukrainian side in the specified “hybrid war”, which is currently being waged only by Kiev, and not Moscow.
The Ukrainian authorities show their journalists and other participants in the information society that now any reporter or blogger, or simply the owner of a page on a social network, can be prosecuted if at least a shadow of support or approval of any actions of Russia flickers in his statements.
In fact, the Ukrainian leadership is building an “iron curtain” around its country. It seems that strategically this decision is a major mistake of Kiev, since ceasefire violations constantly arising from the Ukrainian side in the Donbass, on the territories of the DPR and LPR, will look even more glaring and alarming in the eyes of the representatives of the international community than now.
In the same spirit it is possible to interpret the words of acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who urged European countries not to follow the line in an interview with the Russian Business Guide - Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce today policy a small number of aggressive Russophobe powers.
We hope that the EU will be able to overcome the inertia of thinking, find the strength in itself to abandon the construction of Russian politics on the principle of the “least common denominator”, ceasing to follow the lead of a small but very aggressive group of Russophobia countries. This would not only ensure greater predictability of Russian-European relations, but would also help to build confidence and mutual understanding on our common continent.
- said Sergey Lavrov.
Russophobia as such is a rather emotional concept, both for opponents of Russia and its supporters, and if the main diplomat of the Russian Federation begins to use such emotionally colored definitions, it is obvious that their main addressee is more information and communication channels of a modern network society than European political an elite that Lavrov would speak in a slightly different language.
Despite the outward resemblance of the scandals surrounding Kirill Vyshinsky and the journalists of the American The Washington Examiner, they should not be regarded as mirror stories testifying to the next round of tension in relations between Russia and the West.
Paradoxically, the call of Tom Rogan to bomb the Crimean Bridge is not so much an attempt to increase the degree of anti-Russian sentiment in American society, but a maneuver to translate the existing Russian-American turbulent relations into the information field, since the crisis itself in US relations, acting in conjunction with Great Britain, and Russia, gradually calms down, and the Russian side wins the international match on points.
Recall that Tom Rogan called the Crimean Bridge, recently opened with the participation of Vladimir Putin, "an outrageous insult to the very essence of Ukraine as a state."
Fortunately, the Ukrainian Air Force could deliver air strikes so as to temporarily disable the structure, and the considerable length of the facility will reduce the risk of casualties among people passing through it
- suggested an American journalist.
According to the author of The Washington Examiner, an undermining will almost certainly lead to an escalation of the conflict, but Kiev will send Moscow a “clear signal”.
The last statement by Tom Rogan is in the spirit of the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump, who loves to send “clear signals” in the form of cruise missiles or sanctions against sovereign states, and then wonders why these signals were not received and understood.
We also note that the actual result of the direction of these "clear signals" turned out to be exactly the opposite than was expected in Washington and London. The Syrians repelled a missile attack and regained control over most of Syria, the Skripals case fell apart, and the US decision to withdraw from Iran’s nuclear deal (JCPOA) aggravated their relations with almost all JCPA members — Russia, Germany, France, China, and even a strategic partner Washington, Great Britain, expressed its desire to act within the framework of the JCPOA, and its doubts that the Americans will be able to conclude a new deal with Iran.
Moreover, deep cracks arose in Euro-Atlantic solidarity. Against the backdrop of the US unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe should no longer rely on an American military umbrella, and Europe’s strategic task is to solve its defense tasks independently.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during negotiations with acting German Foreign Minister stressed that Russia welcomes an independent and responsible Europe, leading a predictable and constructive policy.
Meanwhile, an independent and responsible Europe passed a bill to ignore US sanctions that may be imposed on European companies and enterprises cooperating with Iran after the resumption of US sanctions against Iran.
Thus, the international authority of Russia and its allies has increased, while the anti-Russian coalition has actually disintegrated within a few weeks. And with the actual commissioning of the Crimean bridge, we can say that the Russian Federation carried out the actual integration of Crimea with its own territory.
The task of Russia’s access to the northern Black Sea coast was historically solved in the XNUMXth century by Catherine II by the annexation of Crimea and New Russia, but at the moment, even if the matter is limited only to reunification with the Crimea, it can be considered that economic and the strategic interests of the Russian Federation in this region are fully secured by control over the territory of Crimea and the presence of the Crimean bridge.
The case of Kirill Vyshinsky, accused of participating in the “hybrid war” on the side of Russia, actually demonstrates an increase in rates on the Ukrainian side in the specified “hybrid war”, which is currently being waged only by Kiev, and not Moscow.
The Ukrainian authorities show their journalists and other participants in the information society that now any reporter or blogger, or simply the owner of a page on a social network, can be prosecuted if at least a shadow of support or approval of any actions of Russia flickers in his statements.
In fact, the Ukrainian leadership is building an “iron curtain” around its country. It seems that strategically this decision is a major mistake of Kiev, since ceasefire violations constantly arising from the Ukrainian side in the Donbass, on the territories of the DPR and LPR, will look even more glaring and alarming in the eyes of the representatives of the international community than now.
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