A peaceful neighbour of Russia for 30 years, accompanying NATO provocations of Russia in Ukraine, Kazakhstan was rocked into chaos virtually overnight. It is claimed by the media that the disquiet is the consequence of rising gas prices.
Moscow has expressed concerns about the concentration of Western alliance missile systems, troops, warships, and aircraft near Russia’s borders, and NATO’s decades’ long eastward expansion. This month, the Russian Foreign Ministry formally signalled that it considers Ukraine to be a red line for Moscow that NATO is strongly advised not to cross.
A new law that comes into force this week will see virtually all foreigners living in Russia, even young children, required to take a series of tests on a regular basis to avoid falling foul of the immigration authorities, in a move unprecedented virtually anywhere in the world.
‘We are all so hungry for leadership and common sense that if Putin went to the presidency of the United States, he would have won,’ said an American commentator.
Nord Stream 2, the $10.5 billion, 1,230km gas pipeline running from Russia to north-eastern Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, is complete and ready for operation. However, the project has yet to receive German and European Union regulatory approval, with that process threatening to drag out until next spring.
The question is, will shops soon open in Berlin, Paris, London and Spain offering merchandise promoting respectively German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron, Boris Johnson and Pedro Sanchez if the trend catches on?
Why is Western media silent about the lethal self-destruction of an essential gas jugular vein leading to Germany and Europe? The stopping of Europe-dependent Russian gas supplies to Germany via the Yamal-Europe network is not political or related to the wait for certification of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, so the Kremlin said on Tuesday, the first day of Winter.
Minsk has expressed concerns about escalating tensions between Moscow and the West amid absurd sabre-rattling claims by officials in the US and NATO that Russia may be preparing to invade Ukraine. Russia has dismissed these allegations as a false attempt to further deteriorate relations between Moscow and the Western alliance.
The Russian and Chinese presidents vowed to reject interference by the West during a video call on Wednesday which came eight days after Russian President Putin spoke to Biden in another video call.
NATO provocations and EU sanctions have raised tensions in Europe to unprecedented levels in recent months amid media-fuelled claims by the US and its allies that Moscow is ‘preparing to invade’ its neighbour. Russia has dismissed the allegations and accused Washington and NATO of destabilising the situation in the Eastern European country.
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