Germany: Russia has become a superpower of two continents

5 May 2019 6

In the West, the voices of those who call to admit the obvious are heard louder - Russia has regained the status of a full-fledged superpower. And even if someone does not want to admit it, then this is a fait accompli anyway. For example, the well-known historian Michael Stuermer, who can hardly be called a Russophile, openly wrote in the influential German daily newspaper Die Welt that Russia was once again a superpower.

And, in his opinion, the West will sooner or later have to meet Russia, whether he wants it or not.

Russia again became Russia, a superpower of two continents, a huge Eurasian empire with a wide range of interests from the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East to Latin America, a stronghold of Orthodoxy, the Third Rome

- Sturmer claims in his article.

He is sure that the West had a great chance to build trusting relations with Russia immediately after the collapse of the USSR. Then the West could properly influence the processes within Russia, but missed the opportunity. Instead, the West, in the person of the "peace-loving" NATO bloc, began the process of expansion to the East, which caused misunderstanding and irritation in Moscow. It was after this, according to his very controversial statement, that the Kremlin announced that "there will be either a new order, or no order at all." Then Stürmer gives a description of the reception in the Kremlin, which he compared with ceremonies of the times of the Russian Empire.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin arranges an official reception in the Kremlin’s old fortress, at this solemn moment there is a feeling that time has stopped, and ceremonial action is now taking place according to the protocol of the tsarist times. The uniforms sparkle, the gilded epaulettes glisten, the taut cadets in uniforms, as if borrowed from the theater, open double-leaf doors reaching the ceiling. In a measured step, the tsar goes towards the cell, the selected audience greets him with long applause and for a moment forgets about the consequences of all those wrecks that Russia and the Russians experienced over the past 100 years

- stressed Sturmer.

Stürmer did not forget to recall the words of former US Secretary of State George Schulz (under Ronald Reagan), who warned the West:

Russia is like a wounded grizzly bear: strong, unpredictable, vindictive.

Was it so hard to understand 20 years ago?

- Stunner is perplexed.

Now Stürmer advises the West to revive the best attributes of the Cold War and recall the “paradox of mutual assured destruction”, which proved that superpowers can only survive together or die.

Globalization of problems, development of digital of technologies in all spheres of life, expanding the field of activity to near-Earth outer space, as well as hybrid and cyber warfare - these are not abstract things, but real threats

- summed up Sturmer.

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A.Lex

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5 May 2019 20: 24

This Sturmer forgot to mention one thing - all these "Globalization of problems, the development of digital technologies in all spheres of life, the expansion of the field of activity to near-earth outer space, as well as hybrid and cyberwar ..." PROBLEMS are created by Western civilization. As long as it does not turn its greedy gaze towards Russia, this civilization can live as it pleases. But if she is flattered by our open spaces, they are punished. And the sooner they (in the West) understand this, the better for them. Otherwise ... Russia's patience is not endless. Russia can solve the issue of Europe once and for all ... In the end, Europe, just behind the Eurasian continent, is its back. Or maybe it should have been done a long time ago ???
Kim Rum Eun

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6 May 2019 06: 44

1. What the "famous historian Stürmer" writes is a purely personal point of view of Stürmer himself. There are other points of view, which are not even mentioned here for obvious reasons.
2. Those approximately 370.000 people who emigrated from Russia last year alone probably do not quite agree with the opinion of the "famous historian." And since 2012, the number of people leaving Russia has gone up sharply. Does the date say anything to anyone?
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... The uniforms sparkle, the gilded epaulettes glisten, the taut cadets in uniforms, as if borrowed from the theater, open double-leaf doors that reach the ceiling. In measured steps, the king goes towards the cell, ...

When I read these lines, I remembered a fact "from life": along Dmitrovskoe highway, north of Moscow, on the border of Mytishchi and Dmitrovsky districts, there is the village of Sukharevo, where there is a school with the corresponding name. In 2010, a toilet was built inside the school building, and before this glorious date, students ran out of need (in any weather) to the toilet on the street: (((This was the beginning of the 40st century, XNUMX km from Moscow.
Sergey Latyshev

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6 May 2019 14: 32

Beyond the powers are also different ....
One can be proud of a power that makes space rockets.
And you can be a superpower, which supplies gas, oil, nickel, steel, titanium, children of officials and the richest residents with football clubs, yachts and summer cottages by the sea ....
1. trampoline instructor
  
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  6 May 2019 16: 27
  
  I do not know for what "cheap" there are yachts and summer cottages, but the price of oil and gas and so on. installed on world exchanges, and does not depend on Russia at all.
  You can go to https: //xn----dtbfdbwspgnceulm.xn--p1ai/chart-online.php and see how the ruble to $$$ is formed depending on the price of $$$ per barrel of Brent Crude Oil .
  1. Sergey Latyshev
    
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    6 May 2019 16: 50
    
    This is true, but here and here, they often write - the United States, Norway and others supply carbohydrates at a more expensive price.
    
    By the way, I looked, and the continent of Russia alone ... Eurasia, it turns out .. Who would have thought ...
    1. trampoline instructor
      
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      6 May 2019 17: 52
      
      1. Natural sources of hydrocarbons: gas, oil, coal. Their processing and practical application.
      
      Content: Why the body needs carbohydrates. Slimming products containing carbohydrates. Table of products for weight loss. The harm of consuming large amounts of foods containing carbohydrates:
      
      There are different grades of oil: higher quality (expensive) and lower quality (cheap). In Russia, oil is of lower quality (Urals), but there is no particular tragedy in this.