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How Europe Maneuvered Itself Into an Energy Crisis

Four years ago, at a Track II dialogue between German and American diplomats and analysts, a German colleague of mine explained his firm belief that his country—and, by extension, Europe as a whole—could use geoeconomic tools to regulate and blunt Russia’s geopolitical ambitions.

Europe’s need for natural gas, he said, was balanced by Russia’s need to sell. A European strategy of energy diversification would therefore give the West leverage over Moscow, which would not want to risk its access to European markets by making bold political plays.

Putin își justifică atacul: și SUA au făcut la fel – discurs integral

Vladimir Putin și-a pregătit pas cu pas ziua atacului. Astfel, joi 24 februarie, la ora 06.00 dimineața, a fost postat pe site-ul președinției, un mesaj către ruși. În discursul său, liderul rus vorbște despre „amenințări fundamentale care an de an, pas cu pas, sunt create cu grosolănie și fără ceremonie de politicienii iresponsabili din Occident în raport cu țara noastră“.

Germany condemns Russian recognition

After Russia unilaterally declared that it would recognise the independence of the two Ukrainian breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Germany heavily condemned the move and pledged support to Ukraine.

Why Putin Recognized The Russia-Backed Separatists In Ukraine – Analysis

At the end of a bitter and bellicose speech in which he took aggressive aim at Kyiv and the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was recognizing the Moscow-backed separatist entities that control parts of eastern Ukraine as independent countries — and quickly signed a decree making it official.

Biden Ignoring Budapest Memorandum Commitments to Ukraine

To induce Ukraine to give up the nuclear weapons inherited on the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the U.S., Great Britain and Russia agreed to provide assurances. If Washington were to allow Russia to gobble up the rest of Ukraine, it would tell non-nuclear states they must have nuclear arsenals because they cannot rely on the nuclear weapons powers for security.

Russia has taken another step towards reviving Soviet Union – Ukraine DM

US ambassador to the UN charged that Moscow was making claims on “all territories” of the pre-Soviet Union Russian Empire • Russian FM: Ukraine has no right to sovereignty

“The Kremlin has taken another step towards the revival of the Soviet Union,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said in an address to soldiers on Tuesday.

Putin signs decree to recognize breakaway Ukrainian regions

The Moscow-backed regions have been thrust to the forefront of an international crisis over a Russian military buildup hinting at invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to recognize two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent entities in a signing ceremony shown on state television on Monday.

Russia’s Lavrov questions Ukraine’s right to sovereignty

Russia recognizes the independence of the breakaway east Ukrainian regions within their current boundaries.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday questioned whether Ukraine had a right to sovereignty because he said the government in Kyiv did not represent the country’s constituent parts, the Interfax news agency reported.

India’s Faltering Nonalignment

The Ukraine Crisis Should Force New Delhi to Rethink Its Russia Policy

Ever since Russia began massing troops on the Ukrainian border, the government in Kyiv has been working frenetically to shore up international support. For the most part, it has focused on its partners in Europe and North America. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He is regularly on the phone with U.S. President Joe Biden. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has conferenced with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and he attended a December NATO ministerial meeting to discuss the Russian buildup. In a December article for Foreign Affairs, Kuleba called on the West to more actively and aggressively support Kyiv.

China’s Ukraine Crisis

The Ukraine crisis is primarily a standoff between Russia and the West, but off to the side, another player stands awkwardly: China. Beijing has tried to walk a fine line on Ukraine. On one hand, it has taken Russia’s side, blaming NATO expansion for causing the crisis and alleging that U.S. predictions of an imminent invasion are aggravating it. On the other hand, especially as the risk of military conflict has grown, it has called for diplomacy over war.