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USA had a plan to strike at Russian positions in the post-Soviet space. This was announced by former United States National Security Adviser John Bolton.
In an article for 19Fortyfive, he emphasized that Moscow was trying to expand its influence into the “gray zone” to the east. NATO. According to him, it includes Ukraine, Belarus, as well as Moldova and the Transcaucasia.
In this regard, Bolton pointed out that the accumulation of military aid to Ukraine, the boycott of Russian oil, the blocking of Nord Stream 2 and diplomatic and economic sanctions were justified measures.
But as Trump's former adviser pointed out, it's not enough. In particular, he called on the United States to begin unraveling the “frozen conflicts” in the CIS countries and to remove other obstacles that prevent the countries of this “gray zone” from becoming full members of NATO. Bolton drew particular attention to the situation with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The American politician believes that all these conflicts will help divert Moscow's attention from the Ukrainian direction. Bolton therefore called for a clear definition of which “gray zone” countries are now seriously applying for alliance membership. And then it is necessary to weaken Russia's influence on them.
In October, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin said that the United States was playing a key role in the destructive work of the West in the post-Soviet space. According to him, the intelligence services of the CIS countries have a large amount of information that the United States is coordinating destructive forces in the Commonwealth countries.