EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): When it comes to US-Russia relations our readers are certainly ahead of the game! Not only we have had a headstart in all “thorny” issues related to Ukraine (thanks to the self-destructive decisions by Pat. Bartholomew), but recently we have been informing you of the little details leading up to the big stage of January 10-13 – the talks on security guarantees demanded by Russia.
The initial “friendly” approach by Biden (which allowed the Nordstream2 pipeline) was followed up in October by visits of the #3 at the State Dept (Victoria Nuland) and the Head of the CIA to Moscow for high-level talks with Putin, Lavrov, and others. Then came a back and forth until early December when Russia published an ultimatum in order to force the security talks.
We have already expressed our prediction: It is very likely that Russia will get exactly what it wants from these talks. The way to achieve this is to allow “Biden” to save face by pretending that they are compromising. There is no actual need for the Russians to compromise: they are holding all the cards in their hands. But pretend they will and, in exchange, they will get guaranteed “autonomy” for the Russophone (and very industrialized) Eastern Ukraine (Donbas). And they will also get an extensive non-ballistic missile zone on their western border, among many other things – none the least of which will be guarantees for the religious freedom of Ukrainian Orthodox who live in the former nazi or nazi-sympathizer areas of Western Ukraine. For Pat. Bartholomew the Ukrainian “Cacocephaly” is about to turn into a real nightmare!! Well deserved I should add, as it was an exercise in extreme arrogance…
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U.S., Russia set for Jan 10 security talks amid Ukraine tensions
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) – U.S. and Russian officials will hold security talks on Jan. 10 to discuss concerns about their respective military activity and confront rising tensions over Ukraine, the two countries said.
A spokesperson for U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced the date late on Monday, and said Russia and NATO were also likely to hold talks on Jan. 12, with a broader meeting including Moscow, Washington and other European countries set for Jan. 13.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov confirmed those dates on Tuesday and said he hoped the talks with the United States in Geneva would start a process that would give Moscow new security guarantees from the West.
Such guarantees are a longstanding demand of Moscow, which alarmed the West by massing tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine in the past two months following its seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014 and its backing of separatists fighting Kyiv troops in eastern Ukraine.
“Any discussion about European security must happen in coordination with and participation of EU,” said EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell after talking to British foreign minister Liz Truss.
The Jan. 12 NATO meeting would be held in EU hub Brussels, Ryabkov said, while the Jan. 13 talks would involve the Vienna-based Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes the United States and its NATO allies, as well as Russia, Ukraine and other ex-Soviet states.
CONCERNS ON THE TABLE
Russia has denied plans for an assault on Ukraine but says it could take unspecified military action if its security demands are not met.
Moscow, worried by what it says is the West’s re-arming of Ukraine, has said it wants legally-binding guarantees NATO will not expand further eastwards, and that certain offensive weapons will not be deployed to Ukraine or other neighbouring countries. read more
The U.S. administration has threatened to impose economic sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine. It says it cannot promise a sovereign state such as Ukraine would never join NATO.
“When we sit down to talk, Russia can put its concerns on the table, and we will put our concerns on the table with Russia’s activities as well,” said the spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council, who declined to be identified. The spokesperson said no decisions would be made about Ukraine without Ukraine.
A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters the United States would keep the Harry Truman carrier in Europe for now rather than sending it to the Middle East.
The official said there were no plans to move it closer to Ukraine and despite the Russian troop buildup, there was still no U.S. warship in the Black Sea.
Biden on Monday signed into law a spending bill that, among other things, will provide $300 million for an initiative supporting Ukraine’s armed forces and billions more for European defence broadly. read more
Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for the separatist uprising in the east of Ukraine resulted in Kyiv losing control of a swath of territory in a conflict it says killed 15,000 people.
Major combat ended with a ceasefire in 2015, but deadly clashes still take place regularly.
We all know that USA is governed by Globalist
with- without face, they pulling the strings of the “elected” government.
This negotiations with Russia is a round up game
simply to buy time and they will come back to
finish whatever they have in their dirty mind.
They know that, with an Orthodox and strong
Russia, globalization the way they are planing is
impossible, therefore they need time to approach
China and work a deal with them. In order to
succeed it, they may give away Taiwan (Formosa ) and also promise them part of the
Siberian which is the land of reach resources .
That’s their plan but God also has his own plans
( believe it or not). Chinese proved that they are
not stupid and they will delay negotiations as long
as they can giving time to themselves and to
Russia, because they know if they will link with
them and let them destroy Russia , after Russia they will turn against them.
Their plan is to destroy Orthodox church , without
Orthodoxy, the game for them to destroy Christianity it is much easier because Catholic
church is already their ally.
The enemy of America is not Russia but China,
and Americans have to chase out Globalist and
become friendly ally with Russia , if this will not
happen unfortunately Our great Country America
has dark future. President Trump was the leader
that knew about this situation and was also the
first and the only one that tried to corner the
Global gang …. but they used disloyal methods
to stop him.
Happy New Year to all our readers.
Well we are all anxious for the meetings to commence.
https://patrickarmstrong.ca/2021/12/21/weve-seen-the-ultimatum-what-is-the-or-else/