But there are always ways to get around the rules.
The final declaration of the recent NATO summit in Brussels says that the allies are committed to “working to address, as appropriate, existing dependencies on Russian-sourced legacy military equipment through national efforts and multinational cooperation” (paragraph 31).
No one, including the most ardent pro-Kiev advocates in the West, disputes the existence of neo-nazis in Ukraine.
No one, including the most ardent pro-Kiev advocates in the West, disputes the existence of the far-right and openly neo-nazi groups in Ukraine. However, the common western reaction to this is that the numbers of their followers are negligent and therefore their impact on the political climate and life in the country in general can be easily
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the US can “no longer impose its own policies on other countries in the world” or sanction countries unilaterally.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s bid to get re-elected in the snap poll on June 24 cannot be in doubt. But seventy days is a long time in politics and Erdogan’s main opponent, a 54-year old former physics teacher, is famous for combative rhetoric. The surcharged political climate provides the context for the extraordinary remarks by Foreign
Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Serymour Hersh, said “Our policy has always been against him [Assad]. Period”. This has actually been the case not only since the Party that Assad leads, the Ba’ath Party, was the subject of a shelved CIA coup-plot in 1957 to overthrow and replace it; but, actually, the CIA’s first coup had been not just planned but was carried out in 1949 in Syria, overthrowing there a democratically elected leader, in order to enable a pipeline for the Sauds’ oil to become built through Syria into the largest oil market, Europe; and, construction of the pipeline started the following year.
OPNINION -- In an interview with Alternet.org, the
