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Alexei Navalny’s poisoning case is among the most popular topics on pages of the world media that continue to spread more and more details, often competing with one another and stirring hysteria about ‘the heinous poisoning’ of the main Russian opposition figure, which has been allegedly committed by ‘the direct order of the Kremlin’. At the same time, as if there’s general guidance on this matter, European politicians of all rank make grand proclamations, threatening Russia with the next package of tough sanctions and with ultimate refusal to implement the project Nord Stream 2.
This all would look almost exactly like the well-worn story of the Skripals’ ‘poisoning’ if there were not two ‘buts’. First of all, the undisguised provocative story with Navalny, who is receiving treatment in Berlin (where the notorious agent Novichok has been found in his tests for the first time), becomes a systemic crisis in relations between Russia and the West. Since the G7 has joined efforts to put pressure on Moscow, acting at the instigation of Germany and accusing Russia of poisoning a key leader of Russian opposition, as well as, its involving in a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention, relations of Moscow and Berlin, who have been close partners in the recent past, are progressing in accordance with the worst-case scenario. Germany demands Russia to conduct a transparent and impartial investigation. In its reply, Moscow accuses Berlin of closing the door to dialogue and denying access to the evidence by escalating the anti-Russian campaign. The threat of collapse in Russian-German relations signals a loss of hope for resumption of constructive dialogue with the EU and holds out the prospect for new confrontations with the USA.
Second, as different from the incident in Salisbury, Navalny’s incident will inevitably lead to narrowing the area of existing disagreements in the relationship between the USA and its European allies. The proof of that is the fact that now not only the US President D. Trump, but also German Chancellor A. Merkel, contrary to all her previous categorical statements, ‘does not rule out’ the possibility of imposing sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which should be understood as a total freeze on the project. Such a sudden change in position of the Chancellor of Germany could be connected to the fact that Merkel and then other European leaders have unofficially decided the fate of this key project for Europe energy security just to please the USA and to demonstrate their loyalty and readiness to return back to the common political platform with Washington right after the election victory of the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. To all seeming, Merkel and other heads of European states have already no doubt that Biden, rather than Trump, will become a new tenant of the White House, thereby breaking into the single ‘liberal mainstream’ with the US Democrats.
As for Joe Biden, he expressed confidence that the primary responsibility for Alexei Navalny’s poisoning lies with the leadership of Russia, as well as, he didn’t miss an opportunity to criticize the current US President for failure to act on this matter. Under severe pressure from his competitor Donald Trump, whom his opponents regularly accuse of having ‘a weakness for Putin’, will have to respond to the situation with Alexei Navalny. The current incumbent of the Oval Office has no choice but to join the emerging single Euro-Atlantic front against Russia or try to, at least, pretend that he is interested in it and to prepare the way to the front for his likely successor.
Some lax boobies are responsible for representing the position of the Russian Federation in the international arena. All states lie (cm. “collin powell tube”). But how? Wranyo – this is hard work on the verge of art. And at least it requires such a thing, as a sequence. If you don't file poisoning cases, then why then threaten relatives with a criminal case for “concealment of evidence”? This is insanity, as with a downed “Boeing”. Need to work harder, thinner, without supplying foreign partners with additional trump cards in the game.
The EU has no strategy. Its leaders are stupidly working out the US line of confrontation with Moscow. Your own position is not right there, to be absent, but, rather, both yours and ours,that is, eat fish and ride a tractor. What is it worth, for example, Speech by Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg at the EU Foreign Ministers' Meeting: “We need to use a strategy of double standards in relation to the Russian Federation. The border – if necessary, dialogue – if possible”. Eventually, European ministers supported the idea of a sanctions list of Russian offlics, but with a caveat, that they do not know who to include in it, since there are no specific suspects and in general they do not intend to consider relations with Russia through the prism of the incident with Navalny
Judging by the latest throw, we are waiting for an interesting movie. The Kremlin was silent for almost two days – set a course of action, by the evening yesterday – went on the attack, today Putin must dot the I
Parfait! If I understand, you think that Europe has no prerogative. It's totally wrong. US Democrats plan to put maximum pressure on Russia, to use his image as the main enemy, to mobilize funds to buy weapons and to increase contributions for European members of NATO.
Europe, on the contrary, is abandoning this rhetoric. It creates a European army and abandons American military projects.
Read more European press.
There is nothing interesting in this European press of yours – all the same chewing gum and propaganda, as in any other. What Europe, that the US, everyone uses (or create) such opportunities to the maximum in their own interests. Yes, I do not argue, there is an element of resistance, but these are not fundamental differences, This, rather, question of price. And European sanctions – the best proof of that, after all, agree, that this is a joint Euro-American initiative and nothing else.
Don't know, what about poisoning, but the return looked very much like Sim Simych Karnavalov with Voinovich. Only instead of a white horse, a white plane from the company was involved “Victory”. ))
Not, somehow crumpled. Fast “executioner satraps” tied
Where “crumpled”?!! Against, well prepared: the pilots knew, filled with more fuel than usual, extras involved, posters prepared, airport closed. Well, you have to be so afraid of some unknown blogger
who is afraid of him?! who needs this criminal. Put him down and do the right thing
today's “diplomatic rally” near the courthouse simply perfectly illustrates the thesis that, who conducts bulk: 001 – Great Britain, 002 – Germany, 013 - The Netherlands, 082 - Bulgaria, 073 – Sweden, 135 - Latvia. It looks like some kind of visiting meeting of the European Union and demonstrates affiliation.
The presence of foreign diplomats at the Navalny trial is an interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation and a self-exposure of the West's attempts to contain Russia
The worst intervention, certainly, was his cure in fascist Germany. Should have given it quietly at home… This… cure, All in all.
Why did Alyoshka take off his underpants? Duric (with)