Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)
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ADevilYouKhow
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Germany asks Sweden to transfer launchers for IRIS-T surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine
Germany and Sweden are negotiating a new military aid package for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, under which Ukraine may receive additional IRIS-T SAM launchers.
gagadget.com
Decision To Give ATACMS To Ukraine Is About To Become Easier
With ATACMS' replacement arriving very soon, one major argument against sending the ballistic missiles to Ukraine would lose its potency.
www.thedrive.com
That’s not good
This is why i posted days ago about not dikk riding Poland. They have been on fukk shyt for years and are not to be trusted in the short and long term.
ADevilYouKhow
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Notorious Russian general, master spy duo organise in Africa after Prigozhin’s demise
In recent weeks, Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and General Andrei Averyanov from the GRU military intelligence agency have made several trips to Africa. The two are increasingly…
www.france24.com
Nah. They are trying to head off an even more right wing party (that is against all of the support) in the election from gaining more ground.Wouldn't surprise me if they leverage this for better deals on new weaponry
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Poland, with election looming, says it isn't sending new arms to Ukraine
Poland is only carrying out previously agreed arms deliveries to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Thursday, amid souring bilateral relations due to a grain dispute just weeks before a Polish parliamentary election.
www.reuters.com
Really most of this is because they and other right wing shytholes like Hungary complaining about import of Ukrainian grain to the EU markets, causing issues with local grain prices.
Poland ramps up Ukraine criticism ahead of elections
President Andrzej Duda compares Kyiv to a ‘drowning’ person clinging to its rescuer
www.ft.com
Nah. They are trying to head off an even more right wing party (that is against all of the support) in the election from gaining more ground.
Poland, with election looming, says it isn't sending new arms to Ukraine
Poland is only carrying out previously agreed arms deliveries to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Thursday, amid souring bilateral relations due to a grain dispute just weeks before a Polish parliamentary election.
Really most of this is because they and other right wing shytholes like Hungary complainig about import of Ukrainian grain to the EU markets, causing issues with local grain prices.
Poland ramps up Ukraine criticism ahead of elections
President Andrzej Duda compares Kyiv to a ‘drowning’ person clinging to its rescuer
The resurgence of the the Far-Right in Europe is just
Anti-Americanism in Russia as Seen by Feng Yujun
"[Anti-Americanism] has had a significant impact on the Russian psyche, awakening both xenophobic and isolationist sentiments ... Russia's current situation is reminiscent of post-World War I Germany"
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Anti-Americanism in Russia as Seen by Feng Yujun
"[Anti-Americanism] has had a significant impact on the Russian psyche, awakening both xenophobic and isolationist sentiments ... Russia's current situation is reminiscent of post-World War I Germany"
THOMAS DES GARETS GEDDES
SEP 21, 2023
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi (王毅) was in Moscow on Monday where he met Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In a Telegram statement following this meeting, Russia's foreign ministry mentioned that "the closeness of the positions of the parties regarding U.S. actions in the international arena, including those of an anti-Russian and anti-Chinese nature, was noted."
Today’s piece is, rather fittingly, focused on Russian anti-Americanism as viewed by one of China’s top Russia analysts, Feng Yujun (冯玉军).
Feng is a scholar worth following among China’s establishment intellectuals. He is now a senior figure within Fudan University’s international relations department, having spent over two decades at CICIR (a key think tank linked to China’s Ministry of State Security) where he worked alongside the likes of Yuan Peng (now CICIR’s president) and Yan Xuetong (one of China’s most famous international relations scholars). I should also point out that, much like Chinese think-tank analysts, most IR academics who work at China’s top universities are connected, more or less closely, with China’s policymaking circles and are involved in the writing of internal reports (内参) for them.
Feng is an interesting figure for he has also been one of the most outspoken critics of Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine and I know that he has been subjected to various pressures as a result of this. His views on Russia are on the fringe of the types of arguments commonly held openly by Chinese international relations experts. Not least because some of the criticism that he directs against Moscow’s policies could easily be construed as criticism against similar policies implemented by Beijing. This is again quite obvious in today’s piece.
Other than his outspokenness, what probably distinguishes Feng from at least some of his colleagues when it comes to Russia is what I understand to be a belief that raw geopolitical interests should not automatically trump values in international relations. For a broader overview of how Chinese analysts have been assessing their country’s ties with Russia, see here:
That being said, this does not mean that Feng’s views are not shared by others within these circles. He is simply more willing than most to express them publicly. Indeed, dissatisfaction with the Kremlin’s erratic behaviour and its war in Ukraine is widespread among China’s intellectual elite – though few would recommend abandoning Beijing’s current policy towards Moscow. Both aspects were made all the more evident to me during my conversations with scholars from across China’s political spectrum over the summer.
Enough of this longwinded introduction. If you enjoy reading this newsletter, please do think of sharing and citing it as widely and often as possible. Sinification’s one year anniversary is fast approaching and if it is to survive beyond this fateful date, it needs more exposure and some form of funding.
The following is a summary of Feng’s views on anti-Americanism in Russia:
Summary
- Historically, anti-US sentiment in Russia has come to the fore every time Moscow has decided to shift its policy from one of economic reform and modernisation to one more focused on maintaining domestic stability. This remains true today.
- Deep down, Russia knows that it is predominantly a European/Western nation that has long sought to be accepted by the West. This is what makes anti-Western sentiment in Russia so conflicted.
- Nevertheless, post-imperial Russia has often constructed its identity in contrast with a “morally corrupt” America, seeking to attribute to this American “Other” some of those traits that it is often guilty of possessing itself: an aggressive and expansionist foreign policy that, if it could, would seek to dominate the world.
- Jealousy, an inability to emulate American successes and a deep-seated “inferiority complex” vis-à-vis the West have all contributed to Russia’s hostility towards the US.
- Furthermore, just as anti-US sentiment can be linked to anti-Semitism in Europe, so can it be in Russia.
- Russian anti-Americanism is also a political tool that aims to foster national unity, bolster the Kremlin’s domestic legitimacy and build a global “anti-US camp” so as to weaken America’s global hegemony.
- But playing this anti-America card is a double-edged sword that may well end up both hollowing out Russia’s national identity and jeopardising the country’s long-term economic prospects and social progress.
- Moreover, anti-Americanism has encouraged the emergence of xenophobic, pro-fascist and militaristic views in Russia.
- The resurgence of Russian anti-Americanism has gone hand in hand with the rise of Moscow’s “expansionist hawks” and has been one of the driver’s of the Kremlin’s increasingly aggressive behaviour abroad since the late 2000s.
- Today’s Russia is reminiscent of post-World War I Germany: a deeply humiliated and resentful former empire (or something akin to one) with an “insatiable desire” to restore its former glory.
Member of the Russian ruling party Evgeny Fedorov has prepared a bill for the State Duma, proposing to restore the Russian Empire within the borders of the former USSR. He reasoned his proposal by saying that, allegedly, various conflicts are always taking place on the territory of independent countries, formerly occupied republics.
Therefore, it would be "logical" to bring them back under Moscow's control, even if Russia has to go to war with each of these countries.
Fedorov stated that the republics left the USSR illegally, and therefore, Russia allegedly has the right to take them back. The current invasion of Ukraine is the beginning of such a return, he believes.
Who/what could be the prime reason for causing conflicts in the post-Soviet states, one has to wonder?
Therefore, it would be "logical" to bring them back under Moscow's control, even if Russia has to go to war with each of these countries.
Fedorov stated that the republics left the USSR illegally, and therefore, Russia allegedly has the right to take them back. The current invasion of Ukraine is the beginning of such a return, he believes.
Who/what could be the prime reason for causing conflicts in the post-Soviet states, one has to wonder?
NATO provoked them into doing this.
