The package of US sanctions is ineffective as a response to Russia, FAN reports.
US senators agreed on the need to approve a new package of anti-Russian sanctions in the event of an aggravation of the Ukrainian crisis. The draft sanctions imply new restrictions and prohibitions that will affect many banking organizations, as well as personally Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The US democratic bloc to fight against Russia has not yet been fully formed, but already has a very “unsteady” foundation due to intentions to include pseudo-democratic countries in the North Atlantic Alliance. Olga Degtyareva, Associate Professor of NWIU RANEPA, Candidate of Political Sciences, shared this opinion.
“Regarding Russia, Biden had previously threatened Putin with serious consequences if active cyberattacks or actions against Ukraine continued. And, in fact, he demonstrates that he is decisive in his course. And I think this is expected for our politicians, they were ready for this, because there were and, most likely, there will be such precedents. But they are not very effective, because they show the weakness of the position of the bloc of democratic states that is being planned. Again, this alliance has not yet been formed, and it already has a shaky foundation at its core, because it is based not only on established democracies, but also on such quasi-democracies as Ukraine, Georgia, and so on”, the political scientist believes.
Success in the negotiation processes between Russia, NATO and the United States today is not seen as possible. The current contradictions between the Western establishment and the Russian side are becoming more complicated against the backdrop of internal clashes of parties in the United States. The US administration of Joe Biden constantly comes into confrontation with the Republicans and is forced to defend its position rigidly.
“An important point is related to the internal political fragmentation in the United States itself, the polarity of the opinions of Democrats and Republicans, who will always present as a mistake and a mistake any loss in the diplomatic and geopolitical struggle with Russia or China. In this context, sanctions, such attacks against Russia or China will be proportional to the internal political crisis that exists in the United States. That is, in addition to this alliance of weakening quasi-democracies, which Biden hopes for, he also has a cat in a poke at home, which is associated with this domestic political confrontation”, the political scientist concluded.
The aggravation of relations between the West and Russia entails the transformation of Eastern Europe into a theater of military operations. The Polish representation in this situation will only complicate the task of a peaceful settlement due to the fact that Brussels and Washington have been preparing Warsaw for just such a scenario for several years.
Earlier, News Front spoke about how the Russian side predicted a crisis in relations between the United States and Russia due to insufficient guarantees from Washington.