Russia and the Balkans

Russia and the Balkans

A brief take on Russia in the context of a few of its neighbors. Definitely not all-inclusive.

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Do US-Russia tensions herald a new Cold War era? Press TV: The Debate (16Oct14)
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Published on Oct 17, 2014
Tensions are running high between Russia and the United States as Vladimir Putin hits back at Barack Obama for his rhetoric at the United Nations General Assembly.
Washington is proceeding with its sanctions policy against Russia and expanding its regional influence through NATO. So are we entering another Cold War era? Or is this just another stumbling block in the tumultuous US-Russia ties?
This edition of The Debate interviews Tony Gosling, an investigative journalist from Bristol, England, and Lawrence J. Korb, Ronald Regan's assistant secretary of defense from Washington, to analyze the recent developments and ask how they will play out in the relations between Russia and the US.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/16/382499/where-are-usrussia-ties-heading/
Putin accuses US of 'blackmail'
Ahead of high-level talks with European leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of meddling in his nation's affairs. Putin warned the US against attempts to 'blackmail' Russia.
Wladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned United States President Barack Obama against "attempts to blackmail" Moscow, while accusing the American President of harboring a hostile attitude toward Russia.
Putin took issue with Obama's comments at the United Nations last month, where the US leader listed Russian "aggression" in eastern Ukraine as a top threat to global peace, alongside "Islamic State" jihadists and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
"Together with the limits introduced against entire sectors of our economy it is hard to call such approach anything but hostile," Putin told the Serbian daily Politika.
"We are hoping that our partners will understand the recklessness of attempts to blackmail Russia, (and) remember what discord between large nuclear powers can do to strategic stability," Putin said in comments released by the Kremlin late on Wednesday.
The Russian President's comments come a day before he is scheduled to hold high-level talks with EU leaders at a summit in Milan, Italy. Before the summit, Putin will make a brief stopover in Serbia where he will be the guest of honor at a military parade commemorating the Red Army's liberation of Belgrade from the Nazis 70 years ago.
Putin accused the United States of meddling in Russia's affairs, blaming Washington for in Putin's view, provoking a "civil war" in Ukraine.
"What has been happening since the start of the year is even more dispiriting," Putin said. "Washington actively supported the Maidan (protests) and began to blame Russia for provoking a crisis when its protégés in Kyiv through their rabid nationalism turned a significant part of Ukraine against it and threw the country into civil war."
The situation in Ukraine is expected to dominate the meetings as Putin is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Milan. On Friday, the Russian President will have a breakfast meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Ukraine and the European Union that will focus on Ukraine.
Russia's relations with the West have been on ice ever since Moscow's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March. Bitter fighting broke out shortly afterward between Ukrainian security forces and pro-Russian separatists. The West has accused Moscow of sending regular Russian army soldiers into Ukraine to support separatist fighters, a claim Putin denies.
A shaky ceasefire has been holding in eastern Ukraine since September 5. Thus far over 3600 people have been killed in the conflict, according to the United Nations.
http://www.dw.de/putin-accuses-us-of-blackmail/a-17998607

Europe In 2025!
Fire of Learning Published on Jul 11, 2018
What will Europe look like in the year 2025?
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US creating ‘permanent war zone’ around Russia.
The River Mersey Published on Dec 24, 2014
The US strategy of economic sanctions against Russia is designed to create a “permanent war zone” in that region and cause chaos in the Russian economy, a geopolitical analyst in Europe says.
“When we are looking at the strategy of the US towards Russia, it is to force Russia to capitulate,” said Joaquin Flores, director of the Center for Syncretic Studies in Belgrade, Serbia.
“Ultimately, one thing they would like to do is to create a permanent war zone or a permanent area of armed conflict right in its historical sphere of influence,” Flores told Press TV on Friday.
The US is also looking to “create chaos within its economic system which is aimed at getting different elements of the elites in economic power circles in Russia to turn against the government and to side with the US interest,” he indicated.
On Thursday, US President Barack Obama signed a new Russian sanctions bill into law over the crisis in Ukraine.
Ties between United States and Russia have deteriorated over the crisis in Ukraine. The US and its allies accuse Moscow of sending troops into eastern Ukraine in support of the pro-Russian forces. Russia, however, denies the accusation.
Tensions between Washington and Moscow began to escalate in April after the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea seceded from Ukraine and reunited with the Russian Federation following a referendum a month earlier.
“The US has increased its bellicosity, it is on a war footing and it is definitely trying to create the sense in the international community and within the military-industrial-complex that war is on the horizon,” Flores concluded.
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US Threatens Sanctions Mafia-Style On Serbia Because They Dare To Consider Buying S-400s From Russia
The Last American Vagabond Published on Nov 11, 2019
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US Threatens Sanctions On Serbia, Scrambles To Thwart Possible S-400 Purchase
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-threatens-sanctions-serbia-scrambles-thwart-s-400-acquirement
#Serbia #S400s #USSanctions
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