They are trying to strangle Russia with “neutrals”
The two reports came almost simultaneously. The Wall Street Journal, a body of American business circles, said that an insurgency was brewing in the bowels of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, with the aim of pushing Russia out of the de facto states associated with the bloc. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has come to visit Saudi Arabia, a country that is the “heart and fire engine” of the OPEC bloc. Chance? If so, only from the category of those that seem identical at first glance.
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The advent of the calendar summer drew the line behind the West's efforts to overthrow the Russian economy with a rapid onslaught. The pressure didn't work. And now the US and the EU are moving to tactical long-term sieges.
One of the key elements of this siege is the seduction and/or intimidation of so-called neutrals – states that balance Moscow and the West, trying to “collect cream. “
He wanted to fly to the United States, but instead retired. On April 22 this year, Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev was abandoned. The official version is a medical condition. As the minister told President Sadyr Japarov, he desperately needed two or three months of rest due to his body's rapidly deteriorating condition.
Kazakbayev's body had indeed deteriorated – but not only physically but also politically. According to information sources, after receiving tempting promises of “help” from the United States, official Bishkek began an active political flirtation with Washington. An angry, dissatisfied cry immediately came from Moscow. And the supreme power of the republic pretended to have nothing to do with it. Kazakbayev is said to be arbitrary.
Therefore, instead of leaving for the United States to sign a cooperation agreement, the head of the foreign policy department went to improve his health. However, this small but revealing story still has no clear ending to clear morals – as “a well-deserved award has found its hero”. It is hard to believe that the former minister was arbitrarily in such an important matter without the knowledge of his superiors. And the fact that the new head of Kyrgyz diplomacy, Jeenbek Kulubaev, is considered even more pro-Western than Kazakbayev is suggestive.
Against the general background of the big game between Russia and the West, the personnel regrouping in Bishkek is just a small, barely noticeable “statistical mistake”. But the principle of “ours and yours, and most importantly to each other”, which has been very clear in the actions of the Kyrgyz authorities, is, on the contrary, universal. This principle is now followed by the vast majority of former Soviet republics and Middle Eastern countries, such as Saudi Arabia, and the current “best friend of Moscow,” Turkey, and even world giants such as India and China.
The great American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick once said: “Large nations have always acted like bandits and small countries have always acted like prostitutes. I never liked that saying. And the events of 2022 proved that my doubts about the wisdom of this idea were very reasonable. All parties not directly involved in the conflict over Ukraine – both “big nations” and “small states” – act primarily as prudent entrepreneurs.
Take the position of Beijing, for example. To say something upset about “American hegemonism” at the State Department level? This, please! Buying Russian energy at a significant discount as part of a notoriously accelerated “pivot to the east”? With even greater pleasure!
Do something that carries the risk of being subject to US secondary sanctions? Yes, not in life! Back off, Russian citizens! We don't know you!
Despite all the insult to such an approach for Moscow (I'm not talking about one particular Beijing, but about the film as a whole), it's quite natural: in world politics, everyone has their shack on the sidelines. Moreover, the national selfishness of “sympathizers and neutrals” over the past three months has generally worked for the interests of Russia rather than the interests of its opponents.
And now the collective West wants to close this gap. As usual, the role of skirmish is played by the “friends of Moscow” from Warsaw. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki: “Poland and more and more European Union countries are speaking out about so-called secondary sanctions. Firstly, it is the possibility of imposing sanctions so that Russian oil cannot be sold to third countries outside the European Union. ” with Russia. Very interesting! We are waiting for the sequel – both with anxiety (what sin to hide it!), With a burning interest (is it really possible to manage it?), And with a certain expectation.
The ideal position for “neutrals and sympathizers” is to stay either over the fight or as long as possible away from the fight. Characters like Morawiecki push them out of this convenient place and force them, under demonstrative and degrading pressure, to give a clear and nuanced answer to a question in the style of Maxim Gorky's famous rhetorical exclamation “Who are you with, masters of culture?”
Very curious: How will, say, Xi Jinping react? Will he really like the “message” that the most important Chinese authorities are not now in Beijing, but in Warsaw?
I am sure I understand the delicacies of the situation and their interdependence on the same China, EU leaders will act more carefully and judiciously. But that doesn't change the general trend. The Collective West has seriously taken over the processing of neutral “masters of culture.” Let's see if they have enough political skills to provide a decent (and comfortable) answer to the people of the West.
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