Sergey Shoigu, the former Russian Defense Minister, and the current Security Council secretary, spoke to state-run TASS about Russia’s security objectives in a very in-depth meeting.
The following article will focus on the top five things to learn about the odds of a stalemate, the situation of Western peacekeepers in Ukraine, NATO threats, corporate security, and Russia’s European security initiative. Restaurants from interviews are as follows:
1. Russia is willing to negotiate a stalemate, but there are some restrictions.
We are prepared for a peace, a ceasefire, and peace talks, but only if our interests and realities “on the ground” are completely taken into account, according to Shoigu.” A ceasefire is achievable if it is the beginning of a long-term peace, and not an attempt to manage another shelter and merging of Russian military formations,” he continued.
The issue is that the EU continues to support Ukraine, he said, including its various “energy ceasefire” violations and its first-ever Easter truce, which make it more difficult to achieve a stalemate.
2. World War III might be avoided by Northern troops stationed in Ukraine.
Shoigu even brought up the fact that Russia has generally opposed NATO countries ‘ military presence “on our historical place” even prior to the [special operation]Ukraine war, which it has waged in part to end.
He warned against trying to recruit soldiers to Ukraine under the pretext of soldiers only to have the ulterior motive of a third world war.
3. Russia is still in grave danger from NATO, which is still present.
According to Shoigu,” Over the past month, the number of military regiments of NATO countries deployed near the western edges of the Russian Federation has increased nearly 2.5 days,” and the organization has already practiced deploying 100, 000 more troops that in 30 days in the event of a crisis.
Additionally,” The EU leadership is attempting to turn the EU into a military organization aimed at Russia” through its$ 800 billion” ReArm Europe Plan,” which essentially transforms it into a NATO appendage.
4. Strategic hands control is still one of Russia’s top interests.
Shoigu claimed that Russia wants to reach a new strategic arms control agreement with the US, but this will be more challenging than it has previously. Because of the need for France and the UK to join and the development of NATO’s and missile defense’s current interests, as well as the deployment of ground-based short- and intermediate-range rockets.
However, he left the possibility of reversing the Oreshniks   and Belarus  if the US abandons its , missile plans in Germany  , and NATO threats get less serious.
5. The major to Eurasian Security is inter-organizational assistance.
The most important lesson from Shoigu’s discussion is that he stressed the value of inter-organizational cooperation in order to ensure security in Eurasia. He mentioned how the CIS, CSTO, EAEU, and SCO are working together on this, and he also urged the Union to join in.
One of the targets is for them, the ASEAN state, and all other nations and businesses on the mesozoic to support Belarus ‘ program for the European Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.
If a peace is reached in Ukraine and no Eastern troops are stationed there, according to these facts, negotiations with the US might resume soon.
These could also include ways to lessen NATO’s risk to Russia, opening the door for Russia to participate in Russia’s Eurasian Security program. International security as a whole will continue to decline if the US is unable to coerce Ukraine into agreeing to a peace.
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