Die Teilnahme Jeffrey Sachs wird als Begründung dafür angeführt, warum der ÖGB seine Räumlichkeiten für die “Friedenskonferenz” in Wien nicht zur Verfügung stellt -
und der Presseclub Concordia wird wie folgt zitiert:
“Es geht um die bei dieser Konferenz angekündigten Leute und wo sie sonst auftreten, nämlich nach dem 24. Februar 2022 in Kreml-Propagandamedien, wo zum Massenmord an der ukrainischen Zivilbevölkerung aufgerufen wird”, begründete Concordia-Generalsekretärin Daniela Kraus die Entscheidung, keine Pressekonferenz der Veranstaltungen in ihren Räumlichkeiten haben zu wollen. Kraus bezog sich damit konkret auf den US-Ökonomen Sachs. Ob er persönlich nach Wien kommen oder per Videoschaltung teilnehmen würde, stand nach Angaben “Gipfel”-Sprecher Gabriel am Mittwoch noch nicht definitiv fest.
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Das ist so überaus erstaunlich - denn, vor fünf Monaten, hatte das Bruno Kreisky Forum damit noch keine Probleme
- aber gut, da war ja das Wall Street Journal Opinion Piece noch nicht veröffentlicht… (Adrian Karatnycky is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.)
More surprising are the appearances of several establishment figures: Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs ; the National Interest’s national security correspondent, Mark Episkopos ; and Dimitri Simes, until recently president of the Center for the National Interest. They willingly appear on the programs of Russia’s most odious state propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov. Mr. Solovyov has called for a Russian invasion of Europe, bombing Ukrainian cities into the ground, and punishing Ukrainians for “Nazism.” Last month he declared on air that “the more we burn Ukraine now, the easier it will be to pummel Germany, Britain, France, all those European Nazi bastards, and the United States will also suffer.”
Mr. Sachs has made three appearances on Mr. Solovyov’s programs since November. Mr. Sachs has long argued that the West provoked Russia into invading Ukraine in 2014 by virtue of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s “threatening” expansion toward Russia. In his appearances last fall, he called for an immediate end to hostilities, which would preserve Russian control over 15% of Ukraine—more than double the Ukrainian land Moscow controlled before the February 2022 invasion [would it? Seize fire doesnt mean peace treaty. Die Wiener Zeitung später dazu: “könnte dahingehend interpretiert werden” - siehe späterer Teil des Blogpostings.]. According to the Russian dubbing of Mr. Sachs’s English-language comments, he has told Russians that a “massive number” of Americans “wish to exit the conflict in Ukraine,” condemned the U.S. administration for “disinformation,” and called President Volodymyr Zelensky’s conditions for peace “absolute nonsense.”
Das Berkley Center oder das UCCIreland wussten es vor fünf Monaten auch noch nicht. Das Canadian Foreign Policy Institute noch nicht einmal vor einem Monat. (Letzteres ist nur so ein mitteltolles Beispiel - da nur ein think tank, mit grants vom kanadischen Department of National Defense.)
Nun zum Inhaltlichen:
“Massive number of americans who wish to exit the conflict in Ukraine”
Ja stimmt.
Nearly 60 percent of Americans would support the United States engaging in diplomatic efforts “as soon as possible” to end the war in Ukraine, even if that means Ukraine having to make concessions to Russia, according to a new poll.
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Desinformation? Gut - hat der Reisner dem Britischen Militärbriefing ebenfalls vorgeworfen. Ich nehme an der sitzt morgen nicht mehr im ORF Zentrum?
Hier bei 35:37 in:
Und Selenskyjs “Friedensformel” als “absoluten Nonsense” zu bezeichnen - naja, mehr als die Hälfte aller Experten (!) sieht einen vollständigen Rückzug Russlands aus der Ukraine immer noch als unwahrscheinlich an.
Weiters haben solche Erläuterungen Selenskyjs bezüglich seiner “Friedensformel” sicher nicht zu deren Attraktivität beigetragen.
I am speaking on behalf of the state, which is forced to defend itself, but has the formula for peace. I am speaking to everyone who wants to hear how to achieve peace.
I will present a formula that can work not only for us, but for anyone who may find themselves in similar circumstances as we did. It is a formula that punishes crime, protects life, restores security and territorial integrity, guarantees security, and provides determination.
There are five preconditions for peace.
[…]
But Russia – instead of stopping the crime of aggression, which it started back in 2014 – turned it into a full-scale invasion. And we have no choice but to defend ourselves. We do it. We push the aggressor beyond the internationally recognized border of the Ukrainian state.
And this is the first item of our peace formula. Comprehensive item. Punishment.
Punishment for the crime of aggression. Punishment for violation of borders and territorial integrity. Punishment that must be in place until the internationally recognized border is restored. Until the aggression stops. And until the damages and losses for the war are fully compensated.
Therefore, sanctions against the aggressor are part of the peace formula. Blocking the trade and relations with the aggressor is part of the peace formula. All this is a punishment.
So long as the aggressor is a party to decision-making in the international organizations, he must be isolated from them – at least until aggression lasts. Reject the right to vote. Deprive delegation rights. Remove the right of veto – if it is a Member of the UN Security Council. In order to punish the aggressor within the institutions.
We should not turn a blind eye to propagandists who justify aggression, but apply a full package of personal restrictions against them. That is a punishment for lying.
Citizens of the aggressor state should not be allowed to enjoy tourism or shopping in the territory of those who value peace, but should be encouraged through visa restrictions to fight against the aggression of their own state. Punish for abetting the evil.
A Special Tribunal should be created to punish Russia for the crime of aggression against our state. This will become signal to all “would-be” aggressors, that they must value peace or be brought to responsibility by the world.
We have prepared precise steps to establish such Tribunal. They will be presented to all states.
Ukraine will appeal to the UN General Assembly to support an international compensation mechanism.
We count on your support.
Russia should pay for this war with its assets. It is also a punishment. This is one of the most terrible punishments for Russian officials, who value money above everything else.
The second item of the peace formula is the protection of life. The most concrete item.
Now, while the sessions of the General Assembly continue, in the Ukrainian town of Izyum, Kharkiv region, the exhumation is under way… of bodies from a mass burial, which happened when the territory was controlled by Russian troops. The bodies of women and men, children and adults, civilians and soldiers were found there. 445 graves.
There is a family that died under the rubble of a house after a Russian airstrike – father, mother, 6- and 8-year-old girls, grandparents. There is a man who was strangled with a rope. There is a woman with broken ribs and wounds on her body. There is a man who was castrated before the murder, and this is not the first case.
Ask, please, the representatives of Russia why the Russian military are so obsessed with castration. What was done to them so that they want to do this to others?
The only thing that differs the mass burial in Izyum from what the world saw in Bucha is, in fact, the burial. The Russian army was in Izyum for a longer time, and therefore the bodies of the killed people were buried, and not scattered on the streets.
So, how can we allow the Russian army somewhere on Ukrainian soil, knowing that they are committing such mass murders everywhere? We cannot.
We must protect life. The world must protect life. Every state suffering the armed aggression needs the opportunity to protect its citizens and liberate its territory.
If it requires help with weapons or shells – they should be provided. If you need financial help for this, it should be given. If for this, it is necessary to help with the intelligence data – just do it. But what is not needed is lies.
We can return the Ukrainian flag to our entire territory. We can do it with the force of arms.
But we need time.
We tried to speed it up. We tried to implement the basic provisions of the UN Charter for Ukraine through negotiations.
But Russia is afraid of real negotiations and does not want to fulfill any fair international obligations. It lies to everyone. As it is typical for aggressors, for terrorists.
Even now, when Russia talks about negotiations, it only wants to slow down its retreat. Russia wants to spend the winter on the occupied territory of Ukraine and prepare forces to attempt a new offensive. New Buchas, new Izyums… Or at least it wants to prepare fortifications on occupied land and carry out military mobilization at home.
We cannot agree to a delayed war. Because it will be even hotter than the war now.
For us, this is a war for life. That is why we need defense support – weapons, military equipment and shells. Offensive weapons, a long-range one is enough to liberate our land, and defensive systems, above all, air defense. And we need financial support – to keep internal stability and fulfill social obligations to our people.
Physical and social protection are two elements of any nation’s life. So, the second item of our peace formula is the protection of life. By all available means – allowed by the UN Charter.
The third item of our peace formula is restoring security and territorial integrity.
Look at how many elements of global security Russia has undermined with its war – maritime safety, food safety, radiation safety, energy safety and safety from weapons of mass destruction.
We are already restoring maritime safety and food security. And I thank Mr. António Guterres for his personal involvement. Algeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Israel, India, Iran, Yemen, Cyprus, China, Korea, Lebanon, Türkiye, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Romania and France have already received Ukrainian agricultural products.
And we have to increase the supply by sea. Both under market conditions and within the UN Food Program, for which Ukraine is always a reliable partner.
By the way, despite all the difficulties caused by the war, we decided to provide humanitarian aid to Ethiopia and Somalia, so we will send them an additional amount of our wheat.
But it is more difficult with other security elements.
On the eve of the General Assembly meeting, Russia fired missiles at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant. The explosion hit the station buildings – windows were broken, walls were damaged. The rockets exploded only three hundred meters from the walls of the reactors!
And this is after the IAEA’s clear appeal to Russia to stop any hostile activity against any nuclear facilities of Ukraine and, in particular, against the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station – the largest one in Europe, which Russia has turned into a target.
And that makes all of you a target.
Russian radiation blackmailing is something that should concern each and every one of you, because none of you will find a vaccine against radiation sickness.
The cost of living crisis continues in dozens of countries, it roots in the destabilization of the energy market. It is necessary to remove the main factor of global price turbulence, namely: Russian energy blackmailing.
It is necessary to cap the prices at which Russia exports its energy resources. It is necessary to make Russian oil and gas – just ordinary goods again. Currently, oil and gas are Russia’s energy weapons. And that is why it manipulates the markets so that electricity, gas, petrol and diesel become the privilege of few instead of being a common good available to all.
Limiting prices is safeguarding the world. This is the way to restore energy and price security.
But will the world go for it? Or will it be scared? Will it be scared of Russian threats?
It is necessary to take only one strong step, after which everything will become clear. The time has come for this.
This step will put everything in place. After the Russian missile terror. After the massacres. After Mariupol. After the burning of Ukrainian prisoners in Olenivka by the Russian military. After blocking the ports. After the strikes of Russian tanks and missiles on nuclear power plants. And after threats to use nuclear weapons, which have become the rule, not the exception, for Russian propagandists…
We must finally recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. At all levels. In all countries that confess the values of peace and protection of human life. Legally. Politically.
If you don’t have a legal mechanism, you can make a political decision – in the parliaments. This is the foundation for restoring global security. If this strong step is taken, doubts will disappear – whether to take other important steps.
And what is very sensitive – is the border, the territorial integrity.
When one country tries to steal the territory of another state, it puts all world nations under attack.
Global security cannot be restored without restoring the territorial integrity of the nation which suffered the armed aggression.
So, the third item of the Ukrainian peace formula is the restoration of security and territorial integrity.
The fourth item is security guarantees.
Every nation has the right to security guarantees. Not only the largest nations. Not only the most fortunate ones.
We have proposals to upgrade the security architecture for Ukraine, and for Europe and the world, which will not allow any more aggression against us. We are already presenting them to partners.
Proposals for legally binding multilateral and bilateral treaties. These are the conditions for the guarantors to act, and the timeline for their actions to bring results – results on land, at sea and in the air; in diplomacy and politics, in economy and finance, in providing weapons and intelligence. Each of you, who will receive the text of our peace formula will also see the details of what we offer as security guarantees.
I do not want to compare our offers with the guarantees of any alliances that exist on the planet now. I want to stress that it is always much better to guarantee the security of a nation, preventively, rather than to stop a war after it has already begun.
And the fifth item of the Ukrainian peace formula is determination. Something without which the other four items will not work.
This is our determination to fight. This is the determination of the partners to help us, and also themselves. And this is the determination of the world to unite around the one who fights against armed aggression and to call to order the one who threatens all.
So, all five items of our formula:
punishment for aggression;
protection of life;
restoration of security and territorial integrity;
security guarantees;
and determination to defend oneself.
This is the formula of crime and punishment, which is already well known to Russia. And this is the formula of justice and law and order that Russia has yet to learn. As well as any other potential aggressors.What is not in our formula? Neutrality.
Those who speak of neutrality, when human values and peace are under attack, mean something else. They talk about indifference – everyone for themselves. Here’s what they say. They pretend to be interested in each other’s problems. They take care of each other formally. They sympathize only for protocol. And that is why they pretend to protect someone, but in reality they protect only their vested interests. This is what creates the conditions for war. This is what needs to be corrected in order to create conditions for peace.
All you need is determination.
Oh es geht noch weiter!
There was a lot of talking about reforming the UN. How did it all end? No result.
If you look carefully at our peace formula, you will see that its implementation is already becoming a de-facto reform of the United Nations. Our formula is universal, and unites the North and the South of the world. It calls for the world’s majority, and encourages to expand the representation of those who remained unheard.
This is an imbalance when Africa, Latin America, most of Asia, Central and Eastern Europe comply with the right of veto, that they themselves never had.
And this is what Ukraine is talking about. And have you ever heard such words from Russia? But it is a permanent member of the Security Council. For some reason. For what reason, not Japan or Brazil, not Türkiye or India, not Germany or Ukraine. The day will come when this will be resolved.
As for the talks between Ukraine and Russia.
Probably you have happened to hear different words from Russia about the talks – as if they were ready for them. But. They talk about the talks but announce military mobilization. They talk about the talks but announce pseudo referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
What is true then? The military mobilization in Russia is true. Sham referendums are also true. Russia wants war. It’s true. But Russia will not be able to stop the course of history. Mankind and the international law are stronger than one terrorist state. Russia will be forced to end this war. The war it has started.
I rule out that the settlement can happen on a different basis than the Ukrainian peace formula. The further the Russian terror reaches, the less likely it is that anyone in the world will agree to sit at one table with them.
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Also was bleibt?
Assoziation mit den falschen Leuten. Er ist zweimal (edit: dreimal, dreimal ist schon ungut…) bei einem russischen Propagandisten per Videoschalte aufgetreten.
Also muss man wohl das Event in Wien absagen.
Also nicht aus inhaltlichen Gründen --
sondern weil die Ukrainische Botschaft gegenüber der APA folgendes erklärt hat:
Die Absage des ÖGB folgt auf Kritik des ukrainischen Botschafters Wassyl Chymynez, der manche der angekündigten Teilnehmer der Veranstaltung als “Fünfte Kolonne Russlands” bezeichnet hatte. “In vorliegenden Papieren der Konferenz fehlt eindeutig, dass ein nachhaltiger und umfassender Frieden nur im Einklang mit dem Völkerrecht und der Befreiung aller von Russland besetzten Gebieten möglich ist”, hatte Chymynez zudem am Montag gegenüber der APA erklärt.
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Ein Standpunkt den die MEHRHEIT der Österreicher NICHT vertritt.
Die Mehrheit der Österreicher meint, die Ukraine muss jetzt Friedensgespräche führen. Dafür solle, wenn nötig, besetzte Gebiete aufgegeben werden.
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Zum Glück hat der ÖGB den Rückzug des Veranstaltungsortes auch nicht inhaltlich begründet, denn --
Der ÖGB habe in den vergangenen Tagen eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Informationen über die Veranstaltung, ihre Inhalte und über die eingeladenen Gäste erhalten, sei jedoch leider nicht in der Lage, allen diesen Hinweisen nachzugehen. “Wir haben uns zu keinem Zeitpunkt in die Einladungspolitik und Organisation dieser Veranstaltung eingemischt und können daher auch nicht Stellung dazu nehmen”, erläuterte der Sprecher, der gleichzeitig betonte, dass sich seine Organisation seit dem Beginn des Kriegs zweifelsfrei auf die Seite des ukrainischen Volkes gestellt habe.
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Leider eine Vielzahl von Hinweisen denen wir nicht nachgehen können.
Einer unter dieser Vielzahl der Hinweise kam von Attac Austria die Kritik an dem Entwurf der Schlusserklärung der Konferenz geäußert hatte, diese auf Nachfrage aber leider noch nicht begründen konnten…
Inhaltliche Fragen hatten bereits zuvor auch von Attac Austria geäußert, die am Dienstag via Twitter erklärt hatten, nicht als Unterstützer der Veranstaltung auftreten zu wollen. Die NGO hatte in diesem Zusammenhang auf den Entwurf der Schlusserklärung der Konferenz verwiesen und allgemein erklärt, den russischen Angriffskrieg und die Leugnung des Existenzrechts der Ukraine zu verurteilen sowie das Recht des ukrainischen Volkes auf Selbstverteidigung anzuerkennen. Konkrete Kritik am Entwurf selbst wollte Attac am Mittwoch nicht üben. “Ich kann ihnen zu einem nicht veröffentlichten Dokument keine Auskunft geben”, erklärte Pressesprecher David Walch am Mittwochnachmittag auf APA-Nachfrage.
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Das macht dann dankenswerterweise die Wiener Zeitung:
In einem aktuellen Entwurf einer Schlusserklärung, den die Veranstalter der APA zur Verfügung stellten, wird der russische Angriffskrieg klar verurteilt, die humanitären Auswirkungen unterstrichen und zur Strafverfolgung bei Kriegsverbrechen ausgerufen. Ähnlich wie in der Ankündigung des “Friedensgipfels” ist aber auch die Rede davon, dass diese “illegale Invasion” auf westlichen Pläne und Handlungen zur Erweiterung der NATO folge. Nicht explizit verlangt wird im Entwurf ein Abzug russischer Truppen aus der Ukraine. Die Forderung nach einem sofortigen Waffenstillstand könnte als implizite Zustimmung zu russischen Gebietsgewinnen interpretiert werden. “Wir setzen keine Konturen einer endgültigen Lösung fest, denn dies muss der Kraft, Mut und Vision der Konfliktparteien überlassen werden”, heißt es im Text.
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Was Mitverantwortung der NATO?! Sowas kann man ja nicht bringen! Doch, im Economist - Mitte letzten Jahres… (vor Butscha)
The Economist -
John Mearsheimer on why the West is principally responsible for the Ukrainian crisis
Im Robert Schuhman Center, ebenfalls Mearsheimer - (nach Butscha)
Und die fordern Waffenstillstandsverhandlungen jetzt? Das könnte ja dahingehend interpretiert werden, dass die Ukraine die Krim nicht zurückbekommt, auch wenn man es nicht fordert, sondern den Konfliktparteien überläßt! Das kann man ja nicht sagen!
Doch im Spiegelinterview diese Woche:
Also was ist es jetzt? Schuldig durch Assoziation, gegenüber Sachs, weil er zu oft beim falschen Medienoutlet aufgetreten ist?
Und im Bruno Kreisky Forum? Und bei Democrazy Now. Und in Alpbach. Und im Berkley Center.
Von dem der Veranstalter noch nicht einmal weiß ob er kommt?
Kritik am Abschlussbericht die man nicht spezifizieren kann und der laut der Wiener Zeitung aber auch zu Ungunsten der Ukraine ausgelegt werden könnte (Gebietsaufgaben?). Was im Abschlussbericht aber nicht explizit drinnen steht? (Die Konfliktparteien müssten selbst entscheiden.)
Vertretung von Mehrheitspositionen der Österreichischen Bevölkerung?
Ausladung, auch wenn wir leider nicht prüfen konnten warum, siehe ÖGB?
Oder doch Presseclub Concordia - Daniela Kraus, Sachs habe sich instrumentalisieren lassen. Durch Videoauftritte beim falschen Outlet. Deshalb darf man seine Positionen ja nicht mehr ernst nehmen.
Sein Wikipedia Artikel ist sicher voll damit!
Im Juni 2022 unterzeichnete Sachs einen offenen Brief, in dem er zu einem Waffenstillstand aufrief und die anhaltende militärische Unterstützung der westlichen Länder für die Ukraine in Frage stellte. Er machte die USA für den Krieg in der Ukraine verantwortlich und behauptete, die US-Regierung habe den Sturz von Präsident Viktor Janukowitsch im Jahr 2014 herbeigeführt und dann habe die NATO-Erweiterung zur Einkreisung Russlands geführt.[12]
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Einkreisung Russlands? Moment, das ist doch garnicht Sachs Position… Click auf Fussnote 12.
In late 2021, Putin reiterated Russia’s demand for no further enlargement of NATO, especially to Ukraine. The US refused to negotiate over NATO enlargement. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg provocatively stated at the time that Russia would have no say in the matter, and that only NATO members would decide whether or not to encircle Russia in the Black Sea.
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Encirclement of Russia in the black sea - na das ist doch das Selbe…
Und Moment, die Nato soll provoziert haben?
Nein - doch nicht die Nato!
Was war eigentlich US und Nato Position im November 2021
On the contentious issue of when to restore Ukrainian control of the international border, which Russia insists must come at the end of the process, the United States and Ukraine would offer as a compromise the internationalization of the occupied territories as a transitional measure. [== total retreat, then total territorial gain for Ukraine] This would include a neutral peacekeeping force to take the place of Russian-led forces and militias inside Donbas and an interim international civilian administration to replace the self-declared people’s republics. The international presence would restore normal governance, establish professional local police forces, oversee the return of refugees, and organize local elections in conditions consistent with OSCE standards.
Although Russia may be slow to engage on the initiative, it would demonstrate US and Ukrainian readiness for a genuine compromise to end the war in eastern Ukraine. It would be consistent with the Minsk framework but introduce implementation mechanisms that are absent from the original Minsk documents. [You mean the framework is similar, the implementation is not?]
If Russia agreed to end the Donbas conflict on this basis and implemented its side of the deal in good faith, the United States and its allies would be able to scale back the provision of lethal weapons to Kyiv. Such an agreement would open the way to the lifting of Donbas-related sanctions and resumption of cooperation between Russia and NATO that could help defuse Russian anxieties about Ukraine’s relationship with NATO over the longer term.
Gütig, oder? Und das wording erst, wem kommt das noch bekannt vor?
Moreover, beyond Putin’s purported security concerns, Ukraine is a highly emotional issue for him. His statements and pseudo-historical writings make clear that he resents Ukraine’s independence, questions its legitimacy as a sovereign state, disputes Ukrainians’ existence as a separate people, and is outraged by Kyiv’s refusal to accept Russian hegemony.
Meine Güte, der “verrückte Putin” ist auch schon so alt?
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NATO PK vom 01.12.2021:
“We will call on the allies to join Ukraine in putting together a deterrence package,” Kuleba told reporters as he arrived for the talks in Riga.
This should include preparing economic sanctions against Russia, in case it “decides to choose the worst-case scenario”, Kuleba said, adding that NATO should also boost military and defence cooperation with Ukraine.
“We are confident that if we join efforts if we act in a coordinated fashion, we will be able to deter President Putin and to demotivate him from choosing the worst-case scenario, which is a military operation,” Kuleba said.
Ja sag mal, die Position kenn ich ja auch…
“Russia has no veto. Russia has no say. And Russia has no right to establish a sphere of influence, trying to control their neighbours,” Stoltenberg told reporters, pounding his podium.
The arguments are not new in essence and do not presume a readiness for NATO to enlarge. Most NATO members see risks rather than advantages in enlarging the alliance in what Moscow sees as its backyard.
“Just the question is reflecting something, which I think we should be very much aware of, that is not acceptable – and that is that Russia has a sphere of influence,” the NATO chief retorted.
“They try to re-establish some kind of acceptance that Russia has the right to control what neighbours do, or not do,” Stoltenberg said.
“I think that tells more about Russia than about NATO,” he added.
The argument that Russia has no right to have a sphere of influence is likely to infuriate Moscow. Senior US pundits have argued in the recent past that “Russia needs its buffers”.
“This idea that NATO’s support to a sovereign nation is the provocation, is just wrong. It’s to respect the sovereignty and the will of the Ukrainian people,” he said, adding that Ukraine is an independent state, its borders must be safe and its neighbours must not violate them.
“We do not want to go back to the world in which states were limited by spheres of influence of superpowers”, he emphasised, answering the question about Russia’s reaction to the possible accession of Ukraine.
[…]
For his part, Stoltenberg repeated his warning on Wednesday that any future Russian aggression against Ukraine would come at a ‘high price’ and have serious political and economic consequences for Moscow.
The 30 NATO allies together represent more than 50% of the global economy.
“We have a wide range of options to make sure that Russia will be confronted with serious consequences if they once again use force against an independent sovereign nation, Ukraine,” Stoltenberg told reporters in Riga.
“Everything from economic sanctions, financial sanctions, political restrictions, but also, as we saw after 2014 when they illegally annexed Crimea … that actually triggered the biggest reinforcement of our collective defence since the end of the Cold War,” Stoltenberg said.
“We don’t know whether President Putin has made the decision to invade” Ukraine, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said, but added that “if Russia invades Ukraine… we will be prepared to act” with high-level economic sanctions and other measures.
It’s important that Russia understands this, Blinken stressed, adding that the US will make sure Ukraine has the means to defend itself.
“We’ve seen this playbook before in 2014 when Russia last invaded Ukraine, then as now they significantly increased combat forces near the border,” Blinken said.
“Then as now, they intensified disinformation that Ukraine is the aggressor to justified pre-planned military action,” he added.
Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Stockholm on Thursday.
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The argument that Russia has no right to have a sphere of influence is likely to infuriate Moscow. Senior US pundits have argued in the recent past that “Russia needs its buffers”.
Schrieb seinerzeit das “berühmte Propaganda Outlet euractiv”, als Teil des Europe MediaLabs.
Aber der ÖGB konnte leider aufgrund der Vielzahl an Anfragen die ihn erreicht haben nicht prüfen wie es um den Sachverhalt bestellt ist.
Na gut, machs ich halt für ihn. Ist ja kein Ding.
edit: Sorry - musste noch einmal rein um Pariah zu sagen…
Vor vier Wochen bei Robert Wright. Irgend so nem religiösen Pariah, der mal für den Pulitzer Preis nominiert war, und für The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time, Wired, The Intercept, The Wall Street Journal, and Slate geschrieben hat.
Pariah. (edit: Falschen Videolink erwischt, korrigiert.)
Wer hier Sarkasmus findet, darf ihn behalten.
