The Russo-Ukrainian war has three main tracks, as we all know - there is a political track, economic one and, of course, there is a military track. On the political side we see on one hand NATO and the West in general taking steps to scare Russian leadership into submission - both parliamentary assembly of NATO countries and European Parliament declared Russia a terrorist state and state sponsor of terrorism correspondingly. This basically means that diplomatic relationship between Russia and EU will be possible at the national level only, as EU as a union can't maintain a diplomatic relationship with a terrorist entity. Well, here we need to understand, EU as political organization, always takes a more aggressive stance because their position doesn't play as big of a role in practical relationship between countries. Also European Commission came at the end of November in support of creating International Tribunal on Ukraine that they also hope UN will support, but this would be difficult to accomplish because of Russia's veto power in UN's Security Council. EU's discussions on how to proceed with creating of such tribunal are happening now and according to Europe's chief diplomat, Josep Borel, there is a polemic among EU countries on this subject and they can't achieve a unanimous position at this point. US State Department came up with the statement today that they are reviewing their support for International Tribunal against Russia. Among European countries France and The Netherlands expressed their strong support for Tribunal. So nothing is decided yet, but nonetheless, strong desire for Putin to become Slobodan Milošević II was expressed and this perspective is going to be gaining more prominence if Putin's personal power inside of Russia is going to be on decline. Remember, Milošević was handed over to tribunal in Hague by the Serbian authorities for the promise of... Nobody remembers anymore what they were promised since none of the promises came true anyway.
Substack tells me this article is a "20 minute read". I like to keep my musings generally under 10 minutes, so I apologize for a very long text. Hope those interested in the subject will find it informative nonetheless.
There seems to be more information about the production capabilities of NATO, but not as much about Russia. Do you think you can address how well Russia is doing on that front?
Substack tells me this article is a "20 minute read". I like to keep my musings generally under 10 minutes, so I apologize for a very long text. Hope those interested in the subject will find it informative nonetheless.
Thank you for posting this. It provides valuable insight into the what's happening behind the scenes of the conflict.
There seems to be more information about the production capabilities of NATO, but not as much about Russia. Do you think you can address how well Russia is doing on that front?