O postare interesantă la AM. (memorare)
Sergei Lavrov is a man of no gimmicks–if he says something, that means he means it. By definition it also means Kremlin means it. So, today, he says it as it is at Valdai Conference:
“Те люди, которые отвечают за внешнюю политику на Западе и не понимают необходимости взаимоуважительного разговора, — наверное, мы должны просто на какое-то время перестать с ними общаться. Тем более что Урсула фон дер Ляйен заявляет, что с нынешней российской властью геополитического партнерства не получается. Так тому и быть, если они этого хотят”
Translation: Those people in the West who are responsible for foreign policy and do not understand the necessity of mutually respectable conversation–well, we must simply stop for a while communicate with them. Especially since Ursula von der Leyen states that geopolitical partnership with current Russia’s leadership is impossible. If this is the way they want it, so be it.It is my long standing contention that any professional discussion between Lavrov and former gynecologist such as von der Leyen, including Germany’s Foreign Minister Maas, who is a lawyer and a party worm of German politics is a waste of time. Western “elites” and “intellectuals” are simply on a different, much lower level, than said Lavrov. You do not negotiate with monkeys, you treat them nicely, you make sure that they are not abused, but you don’t negotiate with them, same as you don’t negotiate with toddlers. They want to have their Navalny as their toy–let them. I call on Russia to start wrapping economic activity up with EU for a long time. They buy Russia’s hydrocarbons and hi-tech, fine. Other than that, any other activity should be dramatically reduced and necessity of the Iron Curtain must not be doubted anymore.
I reiterate, there is nothing in common culturally between modern Russia and the West and the gap is growing. Europe is being primed for cultural and demographic suicide, not to speak of institutionalizing degeneracy both in art and in real life, plus the US needs to eat someone to extend its agony for a little bit longer. It is totally logical and if I need to see Renaissance art, Hermitage gives Louvre a run for its money. EU is a cemetery and one doesn’t do business with cemetery other than burying. Lavrov’s statement today is important in that it shows that Kremlin wrote current EU off. As I state for years, observing events in EU, when I have the time, I totally expect a stream of refugees from Europe to Russia soon, because many still sane Westerners will be faced with a terrifying choice: either adapt to living in Orwellian reality including a fairly fast (in historic term) transition to a third world economies and standard of living, or making decision to regain personal liberty and common sense, and economic stability and opportunity in Russia and those East European nations which will maintain strong economic ties with Russia.
Știu și eu? Este senzația pe care o am și eu; dar în această ceață a războiului e greu să ai certitudini…
UPDATE: SL despre Minsk-ul ucrainean:
“I have probably sent a dozen letters to my colleagues in France and Germany, directly drawing their attention to the absolutely unacceptable steps being taken by Ukrainian officials, including President [Vladimir] Zelensky, the head of the delegation at the Contact Group’s talks and the foreign minister which run totally counter to the Minsk agreements. The answers are absolutely pointless and they are merely runaround replies,” Lavrov said in an interview with Sputnik, Komsomolskaya Pravda and Govorit Moskva radio stations.
As an example, the Russian top diplomat provided explanations to his European colleagues regarding the statements by Zelensky, who calls for reviewing the content and the order of fulfilling the Minsk agreements.
“They tell me: ‘we are still committed to them’. As an example, I cite that in violation of Ukraine’s Constitution and Ukraine’s international commitments [there is] direct discrimination against the Russian language in the laws on language and education, and in practice. They answer: ‘yes, we will pay attention to this in the framework of the OSCE and the Council of Europe’,” Lavrov elaborated. “This is another example of how they believe they are above the law and above Russia’s level. Their superiority complex is very dangerous,” he warned.
/UPDATE
Iacă un ultimatum, cu toată seriozitatea. (memorare) RT are câteva detalii. (memorare)
Notably, Tikhanovskaya has recently taken on a close advisor from NATO’s think tank Atlantic Council, and it’s reasonably likely that her maneuver has been encouraged by Western influencers. The activist concerned, Franak Viačorka, previously worked for the US state-run broadcaster RFE/RL and his presence on her team has raised eyebrows in Moscow, given Tikhanovskaya has publicly insisted she is not ‘anti-Russian.’ The open introduction of an Atlantic Council lobbyist to her team is astonishing given the outfit’s raison d’étre is to encourage a hostile stance towards Moscow.
Un text interesant, și clar, la MoA, despre virusul buclucaș. (memorare)