Pakistan and Russia decide to take bilateral relations to new levels

[CrazyZ]

This 'warm water port' theory has been floating around for a long long time, mostly in PDF Pakistanis' imagination. Maybe, just maybe, the Tsars wanted such a port once--maybe. But today's Russia is simply not capable of creating and maintaining a naval port in Pakistan and doesn't need to anyway.

As for 1979--it was a desperate reluctant invasion of Afghanistan triggered by the fear that the then ruler of Afghanistan was warming up to America. An American foothold in Afghanistan would make the USSR's underbelly of the 'Stans' vulnerable. You could say it was like the fear of the same 'domino effect' that America had in Vietnam about communism.

Russia annexed Crimea and intervened in Syria to secure its naval bases. I agree that it is not a major consideration in Russia's relations with Pakistan...but I would not completely dismiss it either. Pakistan located with in shooting distance of the gulf, last time I checked oil was a big Russian export.

 

[nahtanbob]

Russia annexed Crimea and intervened in Syria to secure its naval bases. I agree that it is not a major consideration in Russia's relations with Pakistan...but I would not completely dismiss it either. Pakistan located with in shooting distance of the gulf, last time I checked oil was a big Russian export.

What are the Ruskies going to do ? export oil to the Gulf countries
If Russia wanted a warm water port they would strike a deal with Iran and move on

 

[Crystal-Clear]

**** us of a