A participant in a protest against a possible Russian «invasion» of Ukraine in front of the White House in Washington. Archive photoMOSCOW, 13 Feb. The United States has whipped up hysteria around a “war” with Russia to stop Nord Stream 2, wrote Colorado College political science professor David Hendrickson in an article titled “Why Washington is crazy about Ukraine,” published in the National Interest magazine. suggested that the American authorities might not initially believe in the possibility of starting a hypothetical armed conflict, but simply took advantage of the foreign policy situation for their own selfish purposes.
"There is no denying the fact that the fear of war, which was induced by the media in good faith, has brought great benefits to the hawks. Those interested in selling LNG have made significant progress in their campaign to prevent the opening of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Hendrickson said.
and the anti-Russian coalition has received legal authority from Congress to completely cut off relations with Moscow.Zakharova called the US actions a mockery of the Ukrainian people Hendrickson also expressed the opinion that there would be no armed conflict.
"The war that American intelligence came up with is nonsense", the professor concluded.
In recent months, the West has been accusing Moscow of plotting an «invasion» of Ukraine and is ramping up its presence in Eastern Europe. In Russia, they reject all claims, emphasizing that they are moving troops within their territories, and also remind that they do not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and do not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements.
China questioned the adequacy of the United States after the call to influence Russia As Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Moscow does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at «covering Kiev's line of sabotage» of the Minsk agreements on Donbass. As noted in the Kremlin, the information hysteria of the US and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Russia has repeatedly emphasized that Nord Stream 2, which the US and Ukraine are actively opposed to, is commercial and beneficial to Europe, and urged to stop mentioning it in the context any politicization. Moscow has also stated that it intends to continue gas transit through Ukrainian territory.