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Didn't they say that if there's a war they will actually not fight for Ukraine,but only support them? Lol
That still does not explain how come Russia has not responded to the UK and is only focused on American statements and positions.
Russia still has a lot of issues to tackle. It is too dependent on oil & gas, and its strategic markets are limited to cold Europe and China alone. While these 2 are big enough to satiate the revenue targets that Putin set for his oil companies, these put Russia in a precariously dependent position vis-a-vis strategic autonomy.Russia is not falling for their bag of tricks. It's not focused on America either, rather it wants NATO go back to it's locations of 1997 Agreement. As Russia has positioned itself remarkably well, where it exports natural gas and oil to Europe, a lucrative market.
It's actually America and tiny Britain who are focused on Russia, as Russia has achieved stability by capturing big markets for it's Gas & Oil exports in the West and East. As facts on the ground have shown, despite persistent economic sanctions by America, today Russia remains unperturbed and has steadily consolidated it's economic base.
With an America caged in it's "Forever Wars", drowning in debt of $30 trillion, it's population walking carcasses struggling on a "Gig Economy." Britain with it's Brexit fiasco, rising inflation, flatten wages and a population heavily reliant on "government benefits". It's these two countries, are trying to rerun, what feels like a repeat of WW2. Where America and Britain won the World War and came out on top to lead the Western World century that dominates the planet.
Should they manage to trigger a war with Russia and/or China. They are certain that they will come out as the victor. As they did post World War Two. This why they are pushing for Ukraine, since Russia has already checkmated them in Syrian conflict and in Crimea.
Russia still has a lot of issues to tackle. It is too dependent on oil & gas, and its strategic markets are limited to cold Europe and China alone. While these 2 are big enough to satiate the revenue targets that Putin set for his oil companies, these put Russia in a precariously dependent position vis-a-vis strategic autonomy.
Russia's biggest weakness today would be its inability to diversify beyond weapons, heavy engineering, space, and O&G; these are niche markets that cannot fetch huge revenues. CAATSA made them lose 2 important customers (Egypt, Indonesia), and will result in more people moving away from them due to the threat of US sanctions. Putin needs to find a way to counter and weaken CAATSA. While it doesn't affect the likes of us, other smaller countries might cave in to the pressure.
Russia moving on from long-running policy of just extracting mineral wealth
Published: 9 Feb 2022 | 16:50 GMT
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By Evgeny Tugolukov, a former member of the Russian State Duma and Chairman of the parliamentary committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. He is now an investor and founder of the medical holding Medskan and the agricultural holding Don Agro LLC @EvgenyTugolukov
A number of new initiatives show a break with the country’s long-running policy of just extracting mineral wealth
When I was elected to the Russian parliament, a decade and a half ago, my colleagues put their trust in me to chair the Committee on Natural Resources, Environmental Management and Ecology. Since then, this body within the State Duma is called the “Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.” On the surface, little seems to have changed – after all, every schoolchild knows that a change of name doesn’t always mean a change of function. But, in fact, there are nuances, and they are very significant.
The rebranding reflects the evolution of attitudes towards environmental issues in Russia’s highest legislative levels and in government – ecology has become one of the main priorities in domestic policy. Previously, the emphasis was on the natural resources that our country is so rich in, and the extraction of which, let’s be honest, is an important contributor to our national economy and well-being.
During decades of industrialization in the USSR, no one seriously thought about ecology as a system of relationships between man and nature.
Russia moving on from long-running policy of just extracting mineral wealth
Moscow is increasingly alert to the need to tackle pollution and to ecological degradation in industry, energy and even healthcarewww.rt.com
Hence the reason why Russia and China will be moving toward a comprehensive alliance structure that will incorporate member states that are of geo-strategic importance.