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#BREAKING: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: Most unthinkable things may come to the heads of the Ukrainian authorities, it is necessary to put an end to this
False Flag justifying Uke invasion in 3,2,1.........
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#BREAKING: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: Most unthinkable things may come to the heads of the Ukrainian authorities, it is necessary to put an end to this
But February made me shiverFalse Flag justifying Uke invasion in 3,2,1.........
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I was going to say: Next step - recall the ambassadors?...Sniff!
Smells like "East Wind Rain! East Wind Rain!"
Are there any Embassies having cook-outs and bonfires??
Russian diplomat leaves open Cuba, Venezuela army deployment
A senior Russian diplomat says that a Russian military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela can’t be excluded if tensions with the United States mount
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press
13 January 2022, 08:22
MOSCOW -- Russia on Thursday sharply raised the stakes in a showdown with the West over Ukraine, with a top diplomat saying he wouldn't exclude a Russian military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the United States mount.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who led the Russian delegation in Monday’s talks with the United States in Geneva, said in televised remarks that he would neither confirm nor exclude the possibility that Russia could send military assets to Cuba and Venezuela.
The negotiations in Geneva and Wednesday’s NATO-Russia meeting in Vienna failed to narrow the gap on Moscow’s security demands amid a buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine. While Moscow demanded a halt to NATO expansion, Washington and its allies firmly rejected them as a nonstarter.
Speaking in an interview with Russian RTVI TV broadcast, Ryabkov noted that “it all depends on the action by our U.S. counterparts,” adding that President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could take military-technical measures if the U.S. provokes Moscow and turns up military pressure on it.
Ryabkov said a refusal by the U.S. and its allies to consider the key Russian demand for guarantees against the alliance’s expansion to Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations raises doubts about continuing the talks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted “some positive elements and nuances” during the talks, but described them as “unscuccessful” because of stark disagreements on Russia’s key demands.
“The talks were initiated to receive specific answers to concrete principal issues that were raised, and disagreements remained on those principal issues, which is bad,” he said in a conference call with reporters.
Peskov warned of a complete rupture U.S.-Russian relations if proposed sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top civilian and military leaders are adopted. The measures, proposed by Senate Democrats, would also target leading leading Russian financial institutions if Moscow sends troops into Ukraine.
Peskov criticized the proposals as an attempt to up the pressure on Moscow during the talks, saying it wouldn't work.
“It concerns sanctions, which taking into account the inevitable adequate response, effectively amount to an initiative to rupture relations,” he warned, adding that Russian will respond in kind to protect its interests.
The talks come as an estimated 100,000 combat-ready Russian troops, tanks and heavy military equipment are massed near Ukraine’s eastern border. The buildup has caused deep concerns in Kyiv and the West that Moscow is preparing for an invasion. Russia denies that it's pondering an invasion and in turn accuses the West of threatening its security by positioning military personnel and equipment in Central and Eastern Europe.
Peskov rebuffed the West's calls for Russia to help deescalate tensions by pulling back troops from areas near Ukraine, noting that the country is free to move them wherever it deems necessary on its own territory.
“It's hardly possible for NATO to dictate to us where we should move our armed forces on the Russian territory,” he said.
Peskov underscored that Russia is ready to continue the talks but wants them to produce results. “There will be no deficit of a political will to continue the negotiations,” he said.
Tensions revolving around Ukraine and Russia's demands on the West again appeared on the table at Thursday's meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Vienna.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who assumed the position of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, noted in his opening speech that "the risk of war in the OSCE area is now greater than ever before in the last 30 years.”
“For several weeks, we have been faced with the possibility of a major military escalation in Eastern Europe," he said. “We have recently heard a demand for security guarantees related to an important part of the OSCE area and the renewed discourse about spheres of influence. All these aspects require a serious international assessment and a proper reaction.”
Rau emphasized the need to “focus on a peaceful resolution of a conflict in and around Ukraine ... in full respect of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders."
In 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula after the ouster of its Moscow-friendly leader and threw its weight behind a separatist insurgency in the country’s east, where more than seven years of fighting has killed over 14,000 people.
A 2015 peace deal brokered by France and Germany has helped end large-scale battles, but frequent skirmishes have continued and efforts to negotiate a political settlement have failed.
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Emily Schultheis reported from Vienna.
Russian diplomat leaves open Cuba, Venezuela army deployment - ABC News (go.com)
And the prior concerns were having the PRC and IRGC opening up shop in both locals. Merde....
Brother Carl, neither one of us is (or should be) surprised that this potentiality has been voiced.
As one of our posters used to say "WORLD EYES UP!! What are we not seeing?" It's a BIG chessboard.
Gotta watch ALLL the pawns as well as the bigger pieces.
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Khabarovsk. If to believe the caption, it appears that T-80BVM tanks from the 64th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (Knyaze-Volkonskoe) are heading west.
and we are rapidly reaching that pointAt a certain point there is no more room to "push pawns" without consequences.....
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Demands by #US that #Russia needs to return its troops to the barracks are unacceptable, #Moscow will not even discuss that - Lavrov
Yes, I am waiting to hear that the UK is calling up reservistsWhen no party is willing to give there is only one result. Do we make it through the long weekend? Thinking false flag Friday and Russia goes. They cant wait because I must believe at this point NATO and the US will start moving troops.
The China olympics end on February 20th. I can't see China starting a war with Taiwan before then because it would create a worldwide diplomatic crisis over the olympic competitors being trapped there in a war situation. And I can't see Russia giving up the advantage provided by Amerika being bogged down with a war on two fronts (Ukraine and Taiwan). So around the end of February is my guess on timing. If Russia waits till after spring (March 21), then they lose the advantage that the natural gas reductions would give them to inhibit a European response. Plus their tanks might bog down in the mud after spring starts.
Well, then expect this to kick off very soon!I dont think Russia can wait 6 weeks. Right now there isnt much in their way but the Ukrainians and the best they can do is be a speed bump and then maybe a thorn after they are overrun. Russia needs to be through the Ukraine and sitting in a good defensive position on the border before NATO can bring its assets to bear. If they do that we may be forced to accept it and move on. If they wait til Feb and NATO starts moving units now it could turn into a slug fest for them. Putin needs a quick decisive victory to show the world what the New Russia can do.
Well, then expect this to kick off very soon!
Are as ready as you can be? Got an exit strategy?this weekend, i suspect.
You beat me to it, and if not this weekend, then probably by the next one - look for a recall of ambassadors. I believe some diplomatic staff has already been pulled back but not officially. Things could "go hot" without that happening, but so far the pattern has been what used to be the usual diplomatic and military preparations and statements before a big war.this weekend, i suspect.
Are as ready as you can be? Got an exit strategy?
Sooo, what will Oil and trading futures do on the invasion news?
You beat me to it, and if not this weekend, then probably by the next one - look for a recall of ambassadors. I believe some diplomatic staff has already been pulled back but not officially. Things could "go hot" without that happening, but so far the pattern has been what used to be the usual diplomatic and military preparations and statements before a big war.
The sort of thing that used to happen before most wars were unofficial "police actions" or "peace" keeping missions.
This all has a rather odd echo of 1914 about it, in the sense that the major powers just seem to be walking right into this one.