Munich Security Conference
Comment: Russia against the Rest of the world
At the Munich security conference contact the representative of the Russian government aggressively and let the observers somewhat baffled, our commentator Dagmar Engel included.
The Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the 51. Security conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel
Not even 36 hours was the Munich agreement for Syria because the Russian foreign Minister with his back again what he front had built: He do not believe, that the agreement to cease fire, to grab will. And anyway, the Americans would not even really with the Russians want to work together. He sees the chances for a Success of 49 percent, raunzte Moscow to play chief diplomat Sergey Lavrov on demand. How please?
Dagmar Engel, the head of DW’s Berlin Studio was
The performances of the official Russian participants were aggressive and in tone offended. Guilt is always the others: The Ukraine holds the Commitments of Minsk is not a NATO reinforced for no reason the troops to their Eastern borders and infringes on the founding act of 1997, and for war, refugee misery, and IS in Syria are the responsible in the internal Affairs of the country. Bashar al-Assad. And certainly not Russia: Russian bombs in Aleppo are contested, the annexing of the Crimea hushed. The Russian Prime Minister Medvedev and foreign Minister Lavrov are tight on the line of its President, Vladimir Putin. Where this line is anything but straight.
Dependable, predictable – none
Russia bogged down once again in tactics. It could be in the conflicts currently do Great things, but instead either on the threats, warnings, or Gekränktsein back. And flies in the meantime, continue to air strikes in Syria. In the core, so say many experts, is going to the Russians to eye level to eye level especially with the USA, working also as a military Partner. But you will not get, among other things, just because of their tactical games. On a Partner, you can rely on, and when he is not always honest, he should at least be calculable. It would also be nice, understand you, what he really wants.
Behind the Scenes of the security conference, the Russian Delegation by the way, much of the binding behavior. There is probably still no new cold war or even a third world war, the Russian Prime Minister in his speech to threaten saw. Maybe there is even a hint of hope for Syria. The German foreign Minister saw the chances of success shortly before the complaint Lawrows at 51 percent.
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