MOSCOW, Jan 7. The United States began to guess how dangerous its policy towards Russia had lasted for many years, but various forces in the country had not yet agreed on how to start negotiating with Moscow. This is what the author of the Croatian Geopolitika.news portal Zoran Meter argues. The observer recalled that in 1997 the American diplomat George Kennan urged NATO not to extend its influence to the east, since this would only alienate Russia from the West and lead to a conflict of interest, but his warnings were left without due attention. And now the demands voiced by Vladimir Putin are forcing the US to hurry up with a response. Lavrov and Cavusoglu discussed preparations for a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council «Now the West is looking for a way to respond to Moscow so that it is satisfied, while Western politicians retain their face. That is, they would not look weak in the eyes of their own and the international community who made concessions to Russia. Western politicians brought themselves to the danger of losing face: they declared any flexibility in relation to Russia «a betrayal of our Western ideals and values,» which they love to talk about, «the author said. Meter is also sure that China's support for Russia is security guarantees creates an unprecedented and constructive geopolitical precedent. alliance. The documents were handed over to Washington and its allies. In one of the points of the project, Moscow proposes that the alliance provide guarantees that exclude further advancement of the bloc in an eastern direction — in particular, on Ukrainian territory. As Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov noted, the Russian side will maintain a «rather tough» approach in negotiations on security guarantees. Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that NATO's eastward expansion and the deployment of offensive weapons in Ukraine are red lines for Moscow. Full read the text of the article on the InoSMI website & gt; & gt;
The US urged to abandon the «abstract» confrontation with Moscow
