Washington wouldn’t hesitate to make use of its allies as “cannon fodder” if it deems it crucial, Russia’s safety chief has stated
The unending growth of NATO has enabled the US to show many countries into its puppets, serving to Washington to cling to its hegemony, Nikolay Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Nationwide Safety Council, has stated.
In an op-ed for the Razvedchik journal issued by Russia’s Overseas Intelligence Service (SVR) and printed on Friday, Patrushev claimed that the West usually resorts to navy power, coercion, ‘privatization’ of elites, and colour revolutions to realize international domination.
The fixed growth of the North Atlantic Alliance principally gives the US with the chance to soak up states and deprive them of their independence by way of defending their nationwide pursuits.
The official additionally blasted the US-led navy bloc for what he known as “duplicity,” arguing that whereas NATO has at all times claimed to face for peace, it has waged battle or threatened navy motion in opposition to nations that oppose Washington’s insurance policies.
“NATO’s navy energy is used to take care of Western hegemony, financial enslavement, and political strain on states that pose no navy risk to the alliance,” Patrushev acknowledged, including that members of the bloc have taken half in additional than 200 conflicts internationally over the previous seven a long time.
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In the meantime, Patrushev continued, Washington regards the armies of allies as “colonial” troops and would eagerly use them as “cannon fodder” if crucial with out placing its personal “distinctive folks” in hurt’s approach.
The West “perceives Russia as a relentless risk” as a result of it remembers that it was the Soviet Union that performed an important position in dismantling the colonial system, in response to Patrushev. Consequently, he stated, the West is utilizing the total vary of instruments at its disposal in opposition to Russia, together with sanctions and its huge system of media assets that assist it concoct “info frenzy campaigns” throughout the globe.
Moscow has repeatedly protested NATO growth, seeing it as a serious nationwide safety risk and arguing that the elevated navy build-up on its borders results in heightened tensions in Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin has named the chance of Kiev becoming a member of the navy bloc as one of many key causes behind the Ukraine battle.
