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The soaring cold vibes between Russia the Western bloc has exacerbated to the verge of rebirth of another cold war between the duos. The Russia always seem to consolidate its control over the states of the Eastern Bloc while the United States strategies global containment to challenge Soviet power, extending military and financial aid to the countries of Western Europe and creating a NATO alliance. And this time, the obsession for accumulating the power is palpably dragging Ukraine into the picture.
Ukraine, which was until 2008 Bucharest summit extended its support and participation towards NATO forces, has now turned indifferent and cold to US under the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych.
It’s necessary to recall the actions of the United States in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya, where they acted either without and sanction from United Nations Security Council or distorted the contents of the resolution, as it happened in Libya. US is often accused of having different yardsticks on the issue of military intervention.
The current crisis is not only about Ukraine. However, the outcome of the East-West standoff in Ukraine may be crucial for deciding the success or failure of Russia’s new policy of defiance.
Crimea was Putin’s trump card and he played it well. Despite the load threats of sanctions and other punitive actions by the west, President Vladimir Putin went along with the wishes of the people of the Crimean peninsula and on march 21 duly signed a treaty incorporating the region into the Russian Federation. And Russia seem to receive an unprecedented support from many developing counties including BRICS nations which declared to have no appetite for the sanction regime that the west wants to impose on Russia and regretted the use of sanctions as a weapon against Russia. While on the contrary the G7 leaders meeting at The Hague in the last week of March decided unanimously to suspend Russia from the G8. The G7 leaders issued a statement condemning
Ukraine, which was until 2008 Bucharest summit extended its support and participation towards NATO forces, has now turned indifferent and cold to US under the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych.
It’s necessary to recall the actions of the United States in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya, where they acted either without and sanction from United Nations Security Council or distorted the contents of the resolution, as it happened in Libya. US is often accused of having different yardsticks on the issue of military intervention.
The current crisis is not only about Ukraine. However, the outcome of the East-West standoff in Ukraine may be crucial for deciding the success or failure of Russia’s new policy of defiance.
Crimea was Putin’s trump card and he played it well. Despite the load threats of sanctions and other punitive actions by the west, President Vladimir Putin went along with the wishes of the people of the Crimean peninsula and on march 21 duly signed a treaty incorporating the region into the Russian Federation. And Russia seem to receive an unprecedented support from many developing counties including BRICS nations which declared to have no appetite for the sanction regime that the west wants to impose on Russia and regretted the use of sanctions as a weapon against Russia. While on the contrary the G7 leaders meeting at The Hague in the last week of March decided unanimously to suspend Russia from the G8. The G7 leaders issued a statement condemning