In the face of the United States' pressure and blame, Russia once again launched a counterattack when it couldn't bear it.
A few days ago, the largest oil and gas pipeline system in the United States was suddenly attacked by a group of hackers. Subsequently, the system was paralyzed and the pipeline lost its ability to work. For a time, major cities in the eastern United States faced the risk of "oil cuts". After several days, the U.S. government announced that a hacker group called "DarkSide" planned the event, and this group is likely to be related to Russia.
htmlOn May 10th, US President Biden publicly claimed that Russia was responsible for the incident. Biden said, "There is no evidence that the Russian government is involved in this incident, but the evidence shows that the ransomware is in Russia, and Russia is responsible. Handle this matter." To put it bluntly, even if this matter was not done by Russia, the United States determined that this "pot" should be placed on Russia's head.
As soon as Biden's voice fell, the Russian side slapped the face in public. On the same day, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that Russia has nothing to do with the " oil pipeline attack" in the United States. Peskov also said that the United States had refused to cooperate with Russia in combating cybercrime . Expand Cooperation. Just two sentences, but meaningful. You were the United States that refused to cooperate at first, and now you are accusing Russia out of thin air, and you are still responsible for this matter. How can such a good thing happen?
Anyway, it is the United States that has "cut off oil" in major cities and entered a state of emergency.Moreover, President Biden has always emphasized that he will have face-to-face talks with Putin. Is this the sincerity of the United States?
On the day after Biden finished "corrupting" Russia, Putin formally submitted a bill on repealing the "Open Skies Treaty" to the Russian State Duma. The Russian State Duma is currently reviewing this bill. Once passed, the relationship between the United States and Russia may change. more stiff. So what is the Open Skies Treaty? It is understood that after the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1992, the United States and Russia signed this treaty "aimed at strengthening trust in the military field". The contracting parties to the treaty opened their own airspace and allowed him to carry out observation flights. Except for the United States and Russia, most of the members are NATO countries.
To put it bluntly, this treaty is to check each other’s situation if there is anything or nothing. Back then, both the US and Europe were frightened by the arms race , so they signed such a treaty, but in the face of real interests, the treaty is a piece of waste paper. In 2020, former US President Trump unilaterally announced its withdrawal from the treaty, citing unrealistic pretexts. Afterwards, Russia and European countries condemned it, especially European countries, saying that the US move would make the situation in Europe more unstable, and called on the US to consider it carefully.
However, the United States insisted on its own opinion, so in January this year, Russia also decided to formally withdraw from the "Open Skies Treaty". On May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over the abolition bill to the Russian Parliament. If all goes well, the procedure can be completed by the end of May Finish. Once Russia completely lifts the "curse", the suspicions among the US, Russia and Europe will only be more or less, and the situation in the future will be even more disturbing.
When facing the United States, Russia has always put itself in an equal position. Since the United States broke the contract and quit the group first, then Russia is naturally unjust.All in all, in the contest with the United States, although was late to , Russia was never absent. Now that Putin has taken a crucial step, it will be up to the United States and Europe to take over.
