Author: Wang Wang
In the first half of the year, in the confrontation between Russia and the West, it can be said that no matter which side it is, there is no real winner.
Let’s talk about Ukraine first. With the “support” of the United States, it provoked a war between Russia and Ukraine. The war for several months has destroyed their homes and lost their country. Many people have lost their families and are far away from home.
Without a country, there is no home. It will take a long time for Ukraine to rebuild its homeland.
Hundreds of Ukrainians in the UK have been registered as homeless. Picture from "The Independent"
The impact of the Ukrainian crisis is not immune to other European countries.
In fact, this can be regarded as self-inflicted. We have a saying that blisters on your feet are caused by yourself. Since Western countries are willing to follow the United States in doing evil, they must bear certain consequences.
, such as , Finland, , has always been a neutral country of , , but it chose to side with the United States against Russia.
Finland's behavior undoubtedly angered Russia, and of course, it also cost him a heavy price. On the 26th of this month, Russian media said that after Russia imposed a flight ban on many Western countries, Finnair was almost bankrupt.
Some media reported that Finnish aircraft had to bypass Russian airspace to fly to their destinations, and the country's airlines suffered huge losses as a result.
For example, Germany originally relied heavily on Russian natural gas , but in order to follow the United States and offend Russia, it had to let the people save water to reduce the cost of living. But these are all methods that treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. They have always used this relationship to Maintain, in the end it is the common people who are injured first.
such as EU , the EU and the United States have used all means they think they can use to weaken the Russian economy. Among them, the EU has passed six rounds of economic sanctions, and recently decided to ban Russian gold trading with the United States. But the result was far from what they imagined. In fact, while the EU itself suffered serious economic losses, Russia's energy revenue increased significantly due to price increases, and it also unexpectedly gave birth to the "natural gas ruble", which made the Russian currency Stronger than before sanctions.
On June 27, local time, US President Biden and European Commission President von der Leyen
Although, for the United States and its associates, they did not take much advantage of Russia, and ended up "losing a thousand, The enemy will win by eight hundred."
However, the most difficult may be Russia.
It is one thing to compete face-to-face with Ukraine on the battlefield. Politically, economically, and diplomatically, we also have to compete with NATO led by the United States. The United States has never contained good medicine in its gourd, so it is always Will attack Russia unexpectedly, Putin is really too difficult.
What about Putin? You should also expand your circle of friends. Although there are "brothers" who are devoted to you now, they are still a little less than those in the United States. Just as Biden is going to Germany, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Canada to hold the Seven-Nation Summit , Putin also went out and met with leaders of eight countries in four days, launching Russia's major power diplomacy.
Why is Tajikistan the first stop?
Putin has always had a clear distinction between grievances and grudges, because on May 9, Tajikistan President Rahmon was the only head of state from other countries who gave Putin enough face to come to Red Square . Although this move caused dissatisfaction among some countries in the United States and Europe, this move did confirm the friendship between the two countries. It is not surprising at all to reciprocate politely, and it is in line with Putin's character.
According to information revealed by Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov last Thursday, after Putin leaves Tajikistan, he will go to Turkmenistan, where he will attend the Caspian Sea coastal countries summit, and will meet with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. The President and the President of Iran held a meeting.
After completing the summit in Tajikistan, Putin will return to Russia to entertain Indonesian President Joko , and then rush to Belarus on July 1.
In just four days from June 28 to July 1, Putin will meet with the leaders of six countries including Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Indonesia, and Belarus. In addition, it is said that Putin You may have to maintain communication with Modi and Erdogan . It can be said that you are not busy, but from another perspective, maybe Putin's current situation is not very optimistic, and Putin has to make some preparations in advance. Countries that may be won over should quickly win over and become friends, at least treat them from a neutral perspective.
Of course, Putin has something to say to Modi. Putin should talk to Modi about being honest and telling Modi what integrity is. Because, in order to win over India, Putin knows that Modi will export a large amount of discounted oil to the United States and Europe.
As for Erdogan, Russia warned Turkey not to send troops to northern Syria , but Turkey did not take actual action. They wanted to talk about natural gas in person. What's more important, on the day of the G-7 summit, Turkey stated that it would not participate in Western sanctions against Russia.
This is certainly good news for Putin.
However, what surprised Putin was that on the second day of the G-7 summit, the U.S. delegation came to Venezuela . In the afternoon of the same day, Rodriguez, the chairman of the Venezuelan National Congress, met with the visiting U.S. delegation and discussed bilateral relations and other issues.
Why do you say that Venezuela is stabbing Russia in the back? Because the United States has continued to interfere in Venezuela's internal affairs and even attempted to overthrow the Maduro government through coups and other means.
In fact, Venezuela has severed diplomatic relations with the United States since January 2019. Now, the Venezuelan government not only does not remember the pain, but also expresses its hope to make progress on issues such as maintaining peace in Latin America and improving people's well-being.
Putin should think that some small countries cannot be autonomous. No matter what the United States does, he will threaten and interfere and impose sanctions if they fail to meet requirements.
In order to defeat Russia, the United States can be said to have done a lot of things.
Well, being Putin is indeed too difficult.
But no matter what, it’s hard to say who will have the last laugh. After all, the situation is still developing, and maybe there will be changes tomorrow.
