Russia and Europe. A personal consideration

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Moscow - Veterans news. Russia is not a threat to Europe. This assumes that Europe, with NATO at the forefront, does not provoke further. 

Because, Russia has zero interest in subjugating European countries. A part of Europe is culturally not entirely different from them, but they would become unmanageable troublemakers in a subjugation due to the already strong European cooperation that exists today. The Kremlin would like to trade with Europe. But they don't want them within their own borders. 

The Russians' mantra is: "Good fences make good neighborliness." 

There are (roughly) two reasons for the current conflict on the plains northwest of the Black Sea:

First, that the Soviet Union was dissolved without any prior plan.

The area we today recognize as the nation-state of Ukraine was established as an economic-administrative Soviet republic in 1924. The ideal of communism was a multi-ethnic community of people, - workers and peasants, hammer and sickle - hand in hand. The fact that huge Russian areas in the east were placed under the Ukrainian Soviet Republic meant nothing at the time.

This only became a problem after the dissolution of the Union, when Ukraine - as a new state in the world - had to shape its own national self-understanding.

Tragically, Western Ukrainian fascist apologists were allowed to set the agenda. Because in doing so, internal tensions also increased. The whole of Russian Eastern Ukraine rose up against a fascistoid mentality they wanted to be despised.

And from 2014 onwards, the civil war was a reality.

The second reason is that the West broke the promises it had made to Gorbachev in 1991, not to expand NATO eastwards. Over the course of just under fifteen years afterwards, virtually the entire range of nations that had previously been agreed with the Russians to remain neutral were lured in.

Finally, Ukraine would also be incorporated. The cradle of Russia. Where the entire Russian Orthodox faith universe was created, - in the cave monastery on the hill outside Kiev, with a peaceful view of the still-flowing river Dnieper.

Because in Ukraine, NATO was to station nuclear missiles that could wipe out Moscow after five minutes of flying time.

That's when Putin made up his mind, and ordered the military to put an end to the shenanigans.

And many people understand that; As head of state, he has a duty to do what is necessary to secure his country against threats from outside.

Best regards,

Mr. Dan Viggo Bergtun
Honorary President of the WVF

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