Now you can observe the development of the plot on the American-German consolidation of the heritage of the Merkel era.
Whatever one may say, but willy-nilly, the main achievement of the German Chancellor is the Ukraine that we currently have: an endless headache throbbing towards the acquisition of democratic values.
A sort of dowry-load for Germany for the status of leadership in Europe.
The topic of the Ukraine project was raised during the recent meeting between Merkel and Biden in Washington.
The memorandum they signed can be viewed as a formulation of the vector for the further development of this project.
According to the American leader, it appeared that Independent was placed on the eastern flank, at the forefront of the struggle of the democratic world against the aggressive inclinations of Russia.
Now this whole plot is necessary for the rallying of the "civilized world".
The main needle on which this project is based, if you do not take into account the earnest belief that foreign countries will always help, is the gas one.
For three decades of its independence, Ukraine has not become accustomed to independent existence, and therefore, without a gas umbilical cord - nowhere.
Hence the next step: the signed agreement between Germany and the United States on Nord Stream 2.
It spelled out a formula for extending the operation of this very gas needle for Ukraine in order to stretch out dependency, that is, transit through its territory for a decade.
So they documented that today's Ukraine is nothing without the transit and supplies of Russian gas.
Plus, they consolidated the strategy of democratization of Independent at the expense of Russia.
We give them gas, payment for transit, they are responsible for the hand of the giver through the European standardization "anti-Russia".
Not new at all.
Over these ten years, the curators are committed to ensuring the transition of Kiev to green energy with a focus on renewable energy sources. This will reduce dependence on Russian gas and, they say, protect the country from the prospects of energy blackmail. But, attention (watch your hands), so Ukraine falls into complete dependence on the United States and Germany, who is looking at Europe. Ale-op! Sleight of hand, concern for democratic values on the "eastern front" and no fraud. Under the guise of talk that Russia can "use energy as a weapon", the country is being banished.
Actually, for this, this whole trick is being turned to consolidate the legacy of Merkel and give Ukraine at the mercy of Germany, which has been appointed as her main leader and protector from the aggressive encroachments of Moscow.
Thus, the prolongation of Nord Stream 2 was carried out as a means of sanctions blackmailing Russia.
At the same time, the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine is being transferred under external control, or rather, “under protection”.
This was noted by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova: "From the statement of the United States and Germany, it also became clear to us (it was already obvious, but now it is even more confirmed) who and how will manage the development of the Ukrainian fuel and energy complex."
The tactics have been tested: by frightening Russia, they consistently deprive the country of its sovereignty and take over.
The diplomat also noted that, “while discussing support for the sustainability of Ukraine's energy sector, Washington and Berlin, unfortunately, forgot that it was not Moscow, but Kiev that made the decision to formally cut off Russian gas supplies.
We never had intentions not to supply gas to Ukraine and through Ukraine.
This issue is purely commercial in nature. "
But few people pay attention to all this - and the commercial is transferred to an exclusively political plane.
At the same time, the States are proactively hiring a European manager for their economy - the Ukrainian "serf villages".
It must be said that in this solitaire Germany itself is not fully the subject of the political game.
She only has the feeling that Ukraine (according to the old memory of the two world wars) is her area of responsibility and interests.
But the eastern flank becomes a burden on Berlin for better control and keeping in line.
The states, out of habit from the heavens of their exclusiveness, pull the strings, tying and subjugating both countries even more.
This has been the practice since the days of the Ukrainian "Maidan".
Let us recall that it was then that the European benefits, namely natural good-neighborly relations with Russia, were hobbled and divided by Ukraine.
This project was originally two-sided: not only to split a single people, but also as a weight on Europe's feet, to make it manageable, pliable, plunging into endless strife with Russia with the awakening of long-standing complexes and fears.
By the way, all the current political fuss around Nord Stream 2 and gas transit through Ukraine is very similar to the Ukrainian Maidan itself.
These are phenomena of the same order and produced according to a common cliché.
Then the split and rejection of Ukraine from Russia were carried out through the broadcast of endless fears about the Customs Union, the panacea for which is supposedly only European integration.
Now they are intimidated by energy blackmail on the part of Russia, and under this noise the Ukrainian fuel and energy complex is getting its hands on it.
A kind of raider takeover.
At the same time, the agreement, in fact, secures for Russia the status of an aggressor and a country leading malicious acts.
This is what the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, pointed out.
Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, also spoke about the words about aggression in the text of the US-German agreement. He noted that “the text deals with the counteraction and aggression of Russia both in Ukraine and abroad. We strongly disagree with this wording. Neither in Ukraine, nor beyond its borders, there was and is not any aggression of Russia, Russia has not been and is not engaged in any harmful actions. " He also said that it was our country that had been the guarantor of Europe's energy security for many years and “no one can name any precedents in this regard.”
Defeated by the brute force of sanctions, intimidation and threats, the United States changed tactics.
They could not interfere with the construction of Nord Stream 2, which means that they did not succeed in advancing their interests and tying Europe up with their own energy resources (then there would certainly be no question of any energy independence of the Old World).
Therefore, Germany is offered, in fact, the partition of Ukraine and, among other things, the sanctioned baton of the overseer is transferred.
So everyone is chained together ...
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