With an unacceptable response from NATO and the USA on Russia’s security demands, it appears that Putin is now removing the limitations he may have previously set on Russia’s actions. With this refusal on behalf of these entities to recognize Russia’s ‘red lines’ in respect of its national security the gloves appear to have been taken off. In an article published on the 26th of January, we find that Putin has agreed to assist three Latin American states under threat by the USA, Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. This represents military assistance to allies against a common enemy. Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to develop partnerships in a range of areas, including stepping up military collaboration, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced. Speaking on Wednesday in an appearance in front of the Duma – Russia’s parliament – Lavrov reported that Putin had talked recently with the leaders of the three Central American countries and that they had agreed to work together to strengthen their strategic cooperation. “President Putin held recent telephone conversations with his colleagues from these three governments, with whom we are very close and friendly, and they agreed to look at further ways to deepen our strategic partnership in all areas, with no exceptions,” Lavrov stated. He noted that Russia already has close relations with these countries in many spheres, “including military and military-technical.” Russia unveils military plans in Cuba & Latin America It is clear that Putin now recognizes that the USA/NATO plan no compromises and are engaged in a war against Russia with the intent to accomplish regime change within it and to then dismantle the Russian system of governance and replace it. This is sure to be followed by mass termination of employment for all those who remain loyal to the present leadership and its government. Additional moves to strengthen the resistance to other nations under threat from the USA such as Iran and Syria can be expected along with an even closer relationship with China incorporating transference of technical information regarding Russia’s latest weapons systems and quite possibly a formal military alliance. The refusal of NATO and the political elites of the USA to show any willingness to compromise on Russia’s national security concerns regarding the inexorable creep of NATO to Russia’s borders and their determination to bring Ukraine and possibly Georgia into the NATO alliance appear to be the last straw for Russia’s leadership. Russia’s next moves will without doubt shock the western powers and their compliant news media outlets and generate much controversy but western political elites have only themselves to blame for this eventuality. Agreement will be ever harder to find unless the western powers back down from their present position of adamant refusal to accept that Russia must have its sovereign right to security acknowledged. The ‘red lines’ enumerated by Russia recently are non-negotiable and if not recognized then Russia will be forced to take other measures, such as those announced regarding Latin America offset the dangers it faces from the West and gives it leverage to balance the dangers in the situation facing it. We are moving into an even more dangerous phase now as the gloves finally come off on the Russian side of this equation. Left with no other choice but increased confrontation and the use of its alliances against the western powers Russia will now bring the fight to the West. Some will say this is not before time, however, it required necessary patience on the part of Russia to explore every possible avenue to achieve a resolution to these matters. Now that a final conclusion to them has been reached with no satisfactory outcome, that patience appears finally to have been exhausted. A new array of options, previously held in abeyance, are now likely to be activated wherever they are felt appropriate and with no reference whatsoever to the reactions which may be stimulated among western political elites or their compliant news channels.
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