Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new 5-year military doctrine, which taps NATO’s eastern expansion as a key external risk to the Russian Federation. The previous doctrine, in 2010, said materially the same thing.
NATO officials expressed shock at the doctrine, even though Russia has publicly made its concerns clear for years now, and NATO continues to talk up its eastern expansion, insisting they are no threat to Russia.
Of course, every NATO military conference held this year has centered on the idea of Russia being a military threat to Europe, and NATO nations have been pressing a military buildup along the Russian frontier at the exact same time, so the Russian response is really just mirroring the NATO one.
The concern about eastern expansion of NATO looms large for Russia right now, as earlier this month Ukraine’s government scrapped its long-standing neutrality, and it is openly seeking NATO membership.
Indeed, virtually every neighbor Russia has on its western border is seeking NATO membership, and many have territorial disputes with Russia. Those disputes are holding up NATO membership in the cases of Georgia and Ukraine, but the US and other nations looking for an excuse for military buildup are backing the expansion hard.
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Rich man’s wealth is worthless — If we all refuse to work for it
The Western world in it’s greed, Western Europe, Canada, Australia and USA in their excessive wealth stupor, such god-ego brains as to think Russia will cower down while Western bankers plunder all the wealth and natural resources in Russia.
Most profound, most all the wealth in both Russia and the West, most all the body and souls of politicians therein, is not all that power owned by the corporate rich?
For excessive wealth corrupts the best of us, which means that sooner or later mankind will have only one option, either put the rich ruling class in an open air prison or here comes Armageddon.
The irony is that having pushed mankind into a nuclear war, the talentless hereditary oligarchs will emerge from their bunkers to find that all their money is worthless.
The world (or what is left of it) will be inherited by their security guards.
I'm shocked; SHOCKED; that Russia finds a threat from EU/NATO/USA/McCain& NUland's coup in Ukraine. Just curious; how would Obama/McCain/Cheney react if Russia sponsored an overthrow of governments In Mexico, Canada, Cuba; (well, not anymore); and started shipping military hardware, to install more "Russia friendly" regimes?
This is unlikely to end well…
Corporate gold is worthless — If we all refuse to work for it
The Western war-hawk corporations in their excessive wealth stupor, such god-ego artificial intelligence as to think Russia will cower down while Western corporate powers plunder all the wealth and natural resources in USSR.
Most profound, most all the wealth in both Russia and the West, most all the body and souls of politicians therein, is not all that power controlled by computers owned by corporations?
For excessive wealth corrupts the best of us, which means that sooner or later mankind will have only one option, either bankrupt the corporations and their banks to big to fail — or here comes Armageddon.
Nato has bombed Serbia, Libya, trained Georgia in order to reconquer Ossetia.When Yatseniuk took the power he immediatly said publicly that he will pull out the russian bases from Crimea. Russia reacted faster.Now west is making a financial and commercial blocade to Crimean (Ukraine is also cutting electricity which transit from Russia via Ulraine) maybe hoping that people will die from lack of food,water and electricity. It is how west is now promoting its democratic values.I think that crimeans won't understand it.