Analyst: Merkel tries not to give the U.S. civil war in the European Union
Angela Merkel supports sanctions against Russia only in order not to give the U.S. civil war in the European Union, says a scientist at the American University in Moscow Gilbert Doctorow century
"Merkel has agreed on a policy of punishment, because after all, this is a peaceful alternative to a military solution, promoted by Washington," says the analyst. In addition, the Federal Chancellor went on it, despite the undoubted harm To his people, To US have not had the opportunity to have a decisive opinion in regard to the relations of Europe with Russia, he says his position, calling Merkel peacemaker.
Doctorow emphasizes that after Minsk negotiations, which resulted in, and among them, a truce in Ukraine, the opinions of the United States and Europe about the causes of the Ukrainian fall and the ways of its solution sold very quickly.
in the U.S., he said, continued to dominate the "party of war" in the United States, requiring to Ukraine arm as if To counter Russian aggression, criticized the position of Merkel. For example, the Republican Senator said that the German government or "no idea" about what is happening in Ukraine, or him in the end.
in the EU, however, Merkel and her "Junior partner" of the EU Francois Hollande called the "dream team" after the conclusion of the Minsk agreements. For Merkel and her advisers military solution, discussed in the capital of the United States has become " intolerable betrayal ", and it marked the beginning that the diplomatic path, which still led to the conclusion of a new Minsk agreement, the notes Doctorow.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.
Declared a ceasefire, according to the statements of the parties to the conflict and observers, observed throughout the contact line, with the exception of Debaltsevo. This city, according to the examination results of the militia, in the so-called boiler was about three thousand Ukrainian security forces in Kiev denied environment. All the last days in the area Debaltsevo, one of the largest transport hubs in the Ukraine, there were clashes security forces and militia. Developments -
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