While both doubled down on their support of Kiev’s pre-2014 borders, which includes Crimea and the four other former regions that just joined Russia, neither went as far as accepting Zelensky’s application to join NATO that he submitted earlier that day.
A major inflexion point. The US-backed Maidan coup and actions to date to not only take back Crimea but destroy Russia, so far have resulted in Russia successfully incorporating the Donbass as well into the Russian federation, as well as the beginning of a process of diminishing the US Petrodollar with major countries not only refusing to condemn Russia but making deals in non-dollar currencies or barter. I think the rapid US exit from Afghanistan was ordered by globalist elites to support their wishes to focus on this proxy war against Russia and the incessant provocation of China in the Taiwan strait, while also conducting drills off Korea to 'decapitate the North', while also continuing their arming of Islamic elements in Syria (where the US is accused of stealing oil), plus the long-standing persecution and sanctions against other recalcitrant countries like Iran and Venezuela. Plus lots of other destabilizing activities in Africa. I'd say President Putin's speech today formally incorporating the 4 territories, which he said signalled a new phase in the global order - with a diminishment of centuries of Western neo-imperial-colonial plunder of the Global South, and the enhancement of a fairer world based on infrastructure investments with Russia and China (the BRI etc) - is not only accurate but likely to be realized over the next decade or two. Naturally the declining 'unipolar' superpower is doing its best to prevent the move to multipolarity, which could create potentially nuclear risks, but the 'Grand Chessboard' against Russia has definitely moved in Russia's favour. The sabotage of Nordstream is unquestionably US-orchestrated, with the usual cavalcade of lies and hypocrisy, all of which were also outlined by President Putin along with the 'broken promises' (eg 'NATO will not expand an inch to the East') and double standards of the US-led West. The speech was not covered well in Western MSM, but Al-Jazeera and RT news certainly makes it very likely most of the Global South watched it. This is definitely good news - and not just for Donbass residents.
A major inflexion point. The US-backed Maidan coup and actions to date to not only take back Crimea but destroy Russia, so far have resulted in Russia successfully incorporating the Donbass as well into the Russian federation, as well as the beginning of a process of diminishing the US Petrodollar with major countries not only refusing to condemn Russia but making deals in non-dollar currencies or barter. I think the rapid US exit from Afghanistan was ordered by globalist elites to support their wishes to focus on this proxy war against Russia and the incessant provocation of China in the Taiwan strait, while also conducting drills off Korea to 'decapitate the North', while also continuing their arming of Islamic elements in Syria (where the US is accused of stealing oil), plus the long-standing persecution and sanctions against other recalcitrant countries like Iran and Venezuela. Plus lots of other destabilizing activities in Africa. I'd say President Putin's speech today formally incorporating the 4 territories, which he said signalled a new phase in the global order - with a diminishment of centuries of Western neo-imperial-colonial plunder of the Global South, and the enhancement of a fairer world based on infrastructure investments with Russia and China (the BRI etc) - is not only accurate but likely to be realized over the next decade or two. Naturally the declining 'unipolar' superpower is doing its best to prevent the move to multipolarity, which could create potentially nuclear risks, but the 'Grand Chessboard' against Russia has definitely moved in Russia's favour. The sabotage of Nordstream is unquestionably US-orchestrated, with the usual cavalcade of lies and hypocrisy, all of which were also outlined by President Putin along with the 'broken promises' (eg 'NATO will not expand an inch to the East') and double standards of the US-led West. The speech was not covered well in Western MSM, but Al-Jazeera and RT news certainly makes it very likely most of the Global South watched it. This is definitely good news - and not just for Donbass residents.
GO RUSSIA!