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nato military bloc, then in response we are creating the warsaw pact organization, but we did not stop the warsaw pact organization in defensive purposes only in response to the creation of nato, they proposed many times in conversations with western statesmen and in official documents to liquidate our warsaw pact if the west liquidates nato. in fact, the creation of nato was not even in response, but in response to germany's admission to nato. germany was recognized by everyone, that although it was defeated, it is still a military force with its own history, traditions, even heusinger, general hosenger, is the head of the operational department of the wehrmacht, this is a key figure who, so to speak, was engaged in development, which was engaged in the development of almost all operations, especially in the final stage of the war, even if they were, so to speak, lost, but nevertheless. german military thought, it still existed and no one disputed it, as for the confrontation between the warsaw pact and nato, i repeat once again that yes, two united military forces began to confront e
nato military bloc, then in response we are creating the warsaw pact organization, but we did not stop the warsaw pact organization in defensive purposes only in response to the creation of nato, they proposed many times in conversations with western statesmen and in official documents to liquidate our warsaw pact if the west liquidates nato. in fact, the creation of nato was not even in response, but in response to germany's admission to nato. germany was recognized by everyone, that although...
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the warsaw pact, as a military-political alliance, lasted until february of the ninety-first year. of ninety-one, a protocol was signed in prague on the complete termination of the treaty. the ussr was moving towards collapse, the social structure in our countries was changing. ideologically, we ceased to be hostile to the west, so the presence of a military organization opposing nato, as we considered it, lost its meaning. it would be logical for nato to also dissolve itself, because the enemy has disappeared, but this would have happened if nato was truly a defensive alliance. subsequent events showed that the north atlantic bloc, in essence. sharpened precisely for aggression, it began to literally devour countries one by one, creeping closer and closer to russia, there was no talk of any self-dissolution, expansion was inherent in the very nature of the bloc, so even before the creation of the warsaw pact, greece and turkey joined nato and the federal republic of germany. gorbachev receives assurance that the bloc will not expand. not an inch to the east. this story is well kno
the warsaw pact, as a military-political alliance, lasted until february of the ninety-first year. of ninety-one, a protocol was signed in prague on the complete termination of the treaty. the ussr was moving towards collapse, the social structure in our countries was changing. ideologically, we ceased to be hostile to the west, so the presence of a military organization opposing nato, as we considered it, lost its meaning. it would be logical for nato to also dissolve itself, because the enemy...
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in 1955 , eight states of the socialist camp signed the warsaw pact. entry of spain.ut in return he demanded that nato must not be expanded further to the east. james baker, then us secretary of state. as is well known, he promised that nato would not move an inch to the east, 5 years later, in brzezinsk, one of the first neoconservatives came out with a proposal to expand nato directly to the russian borders, through the membership of 15 more states. and the proposal was accepted, and in 1999 the first wave of nato expansion swept across europe. poland, the czech republic, and hungary were accepted into the alliance, at the same time in an effort to expand their scope. the western military bloc finally dropped its masks and showed the true face, organizing the first large-scale war in europe after world war ii. 78 days of continuous nato bombing, as the defense organization likes to call itself, nato bombed belgrade in the center of europe for 78 days in a row until serbia disintegrated and kosovo broke away from it. well, then the united states built the largest mil
in 1955 , eight states of the socialist camp signed the warsaw pact. entry of spain.ut in return he demanded that nato must not be expanded further to the east. james baker, then us secretary of state. as is well known, he promised that nato would not move an inch to the east, 5 years later, in brzezinsk, one of the first neoconservatives came out with a proposal to expand nato directly to the russian borders, through the membership of 15 more states. and the proposal was accepted, and in 1999...
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the late nineties, when arms parity was violated due to the fact that the countries of the former warsaw pactwever, the west is no stranger to... every belarus should do for their country, as well as biden’s interview on the scenario of nato’s bloody anniversary, we’ll tell you something interesting about something important, watch the club editors’ program on atn youtube channel. work is in full swing in the belarusian fields, plans for this agricultural season are at least 10 million tons of grain. weather swings and temperature changes do not make significant adjustments to spring field work. the slowdown is affected by high humidity and rain. about it. the minister of agriculture and food told us. this week, due to snow, equipment in some areas did not go out into the fields in the morning. if we talk about sowing early grains and legumes, without corn, buckwheat and millet, then mass sowing has begun in all regions. at the same time, in eight districts, such as zhabinkovsky and maloriysky, brest region, voronovsky, grodno region and five districts of minsk, teff of these crops has alread
the late nineties, when arms parity was violated due to the fact that the countries of the former warsaw pactwever, the west is no stranger to... every belarus should do for their country, as well as biden’s interview on the scenario of nato’s bloody anniversary, we’ll tell you something interesting about something important, watch the club editors’ program on atn youtube channel. work is in full swing in the belarusian fields, plans for this agricultural season are at least 10 million...
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after the collapse of the ussr and the dissolution of the warsaw pact, only 30 countries became partiestional armed forces in europe, although all of them had to sign the treaty. russia, kazakhstan and ukraine. this was exactly the starting point, the non-signing of the adapted agreement is already, well, most likely approaching the collapse of this agreement. why? there was no control over the number of personnel or military equipment. unfortunately, they formed gray areas. these are states that are not included in the dovs, for example, estonia, latvia, lithuania. and they, at their discretion, could increase both the number of weapons and... the number of personnel, including foreign countries, what we are seeing today is battalion tactical groups turning into brigade groups, not only nato troops are coming, but also the united states, separate groups , that is, the balance is upset, but it’s not just a matter of balance, it’s also a threat to the national security of the republic of belarus, and it’s a matter of destabilizing the situation the eastern european region, well, a violat
after the collapse of the ussr and the dissolution of the warsaw pact, only 30 countries became partiestional armed forces in europe, although all of them had to sign the treaty. russia, kazakhstan and ukraine. this was exactly the starting point, the non-signing of the adapted agreement is already, well, most likely approaching the collapse of this agreement. why? there was no control over the number of personnel or military equipment. unfortunately, they formed gray areas. these are states...
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in 1955, the warsaw pact was signed and the organization was bored and ready for the interesting thing is that according to one of the final obstacles was or treaty organization was created, i me folded, period of confrontation, and also packed was to be terminated as soon as a common european security architecture was in place, by the way, the protocol on the termination of the both of pack the so called product protocols signed by the heads of the warsaw pact, states in 1990. 1 explicitly said, as the error of confrontation is ended, we, the heads of state, have decided to terminate the most will pack. this piece in europe will now be established on the basis of common european approaches. us you reference the 1954 when the us saw showed some designed to join nato and in recent history environment fusion set the roster at some point have thoughts of joining the organization. why is it that the west wasn't interested in you? well, they showed no interest of cost because the especially movie the us, as all, all the russian federation of latex was simply change the nature of this organi
in 1955, the warsaw pact was signed and the organization was bored and ready for the interesting thing is that according to one of the final obstacles was or treaty organization was created, i me folded, period of confrontation, and also packed was to be terminated as soon as a common european security architecture was in place, by the way, the protocol on the termination of the both of pack the so called product protocols signed by the heads of the warsaw pact, states in 1990. 1 explicitly...
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the termination of the walls will pack the so called prong protocol, signed by the heads of the warsaw pact, states in 1990. 1 explicitly said, as the error of confrontation is ended, we, the heads of state, have decided to terminate the most will pack. this piece in europe will now be established on the basis of common european approaches. you reference the 1954 when the us saw showed some design to join nato and in recent history environment fusion set the roster at some point have thoughts of joining the organization. why is it that the west wasn't interested in you? well, they showed no interest of cost because the especially movie the us, as all, all the russian federation of latex was simply change the nature of this organization . and it would essentially become upon the european organization. it is the instrument of collective security in europe. for this reason, by the way, it was actually directly written in the reply notes in the united states front of england, the soviet union was not accepted into this organization. there was some other things that might, we can be un to solve
the termination of the walls will pack the so called prong protocol, signed by the heads of the warsaw pact, states in 1990. 1 explicitly said, as the error of confrontation is ended, we, the heads of state, have decided to terminate the most will pack. this piece in europe will now be established on the basis of common european approaches. you reference the 1954 when the us saw showed some design to join nato and in recent history environment fusion set the roster at some point have thoughts...
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the late nineties, when arms parity was violated due to the fact that the countries of the former warsaw pactis no stranger to violating its own documents. in our logic of political actions. contracts have always been fulfilled in the first place, that is, if we sign, we do it, and if we look at how the world security architecture was destroyed, then basically our western ex-partners initially always withdrew from all agreements, then we simply had to make reciprocal decisions, that is, they were not the initiator neither russia nor belarus for the most part, the open skies treaty, the americans came out first , please, it turns out nato. european aviation can fly over russia, but russia cannot fly over american bases, which every belarusian should do it for their country, as well as a scripted interview with biden. nato’s bloody anniversary, we’ll tell you something interesting about something important, watch the club editors’ program on the atn youtube channel. orthodox christians today have a great bright holiday of the annunciation of the blessed virgin mary; one of the twelve most impor
the late nineties, when arms parity was violated due to the fact that the countries of the former warsaw pactis no stranger to violating its own documents. in our logic of political actions. contracts have always been fulfilled in the first place, that is, if we sign, we do it, and if we look at how the world security architecture was destroyed, then basically our western ex-partners initially always withdrew from all agreements, then we simply had to make reciprocal decisions, that is, they...
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the warsaw pact no longer exists, why is it necessary, from whom are they defending themselves, fromssia, excuse me, from whom are they defended here when serbia was attacked. no, they made a little colombia here in europe, probably because to sell drugs or something else, because in kosovo there is simply no prosperity for young people, a very large number of people left there, albanians, when there was this liberalization of visas, they went to europe, i think that no one there just doesn’t want to live, only serbs who were born there and who want there... nato should not exist if they think they are threatened by russia, why, what is there in western europe, what does russia need, nothing, maybe tourism, please , they can come and see what’s interesting there, the history, everything is wonderful. sometimes there is ukrainian tv, there is the bbc and so on, you simply cannot understand how anyone in the west, especially intellectuals, can believe what they hear on the bbc, cnn, the rest their people say that that’s it, nuclear war ready, that's it, he's already bombing, this is no
the warsaw pact no longer exists, why is it necessary, from whom are they defending themselves, fromssia, excuse me, from whom are they defended here when serbia was attacked. no, they made a little colombia here in europe, probably because to sell drugs or something else, because in kosovo there is simply no prosperity for young people, a very large number of people left there, albanians, when there was this liberalization of visas, they went to europe, i think that no one there just doesn’t...
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in theory, nato should have dissolved after the abolition of the warsaw pact in 1991.he contrary, he continued his expansion to the east; in addition, he changed his doctrine and turned from a defensive alliance into an offensive one. nato attacked serbia in 1998. i assure you that the prisoners in hevbeningen prison are not only treated well, they are treated even better than in the national prisons of most countries. for example, i am sure that the conditions of detention there are, in principle, better than the conditions of detention in my country, the usa. i think that in gaga there really is super conditions of detention and super treatment, there are recreational opportunities available to prisoners, you just don’t see them often, i think here we all need to recognize the fact that all these international organizations, courts, us tools for settling scores with third world countries, their rulers , and no more, even... won here is purely formal. the united states pursues its policy through these organizations. it is impossible to imagine that an american preside
in theory, nato should have dissolved after the abolition of the warsaw pact in 1991.he contrary, he continued his expansion to the east; in addition, he changed his doctrine and turned from a defensive alliance into an offensive one. nato attacked serbia in 1998. i assure you that the prisoners in hevbeningen prison are not only treated well, they are treated even better than in the national prisons of most countries. for example, i am sure that the conditions of detention there are, in...
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the most painful historical. istic polish people's republic, which later became a member of the warsaw pact initiative of the ussr, poland included vast territories in the west that previously belonged to germany. pomerania, selesia, and the southern part of east prussia. instead of the published germans, these lands were inhabited by ethnic poles. thus, there was a shift of polish territory to the west. during the formation of the pro-soviet government , terrorist activities of the regional army took place. this time is captured widely on our screens in a film directed by vaida. ash and diamond. there was cultural exchange between both countries. poland was for us, as in the 17th century, a conductor of western ideas of western influence. examples of polish culture, poland has become a leader in the demolition of soviet monuments. in may 2023, kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said that poland is a country hostile to russia, and not just an unfriendly state. according to an international survey conducted in june 22, only 2% of poles have a positive opinion refers to russia. about the three p
the most painful historical. istic polish people's republic, which later became a member of the warsaw pact initiative of the ussr, poland included vast territories in the west that previously belonged to germany. pomerania, selesia, and the southern part of east prussia. instead of the published germans, these lands were inhabited by ethnic poles. thus, there was a shift of polish territory to the west. during the formation of the pro-soviet government , terrorist activities of the regional...
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war ii, the socialist polish people's republic was founded, which later became a member of the warsaw pactussr, poland included vast territories in the west, belonging to. during the formation of the pro-soviet government there was a terrorist the activities of the regional army, this time is captured widely on our screens in the chemistry of directors woad, ashes and almas. there was cultural exchange between both countries. poland was for us, as in the 14th century, a conductor of western ideas of western influence. examples of polish culture, subsequently russian-polish relations after 1991, both states had difficult relations in the nineties. poland joined nato. the plane crash near smolensk, in which polish president leg kaczynski died, and a number of high-ranking officials flying to an event dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of the katyn massacre gave rise to anti-russian theories in conservative circles in poland. since 2014, after crimea became part of russia and the development of the war in eastern ukraine. relations between russia and poland deteriorated significantly; in
war ii, the socialist polish people's republic was founded, which later became a member of the warsaw pactussr, poland included vast territories in the west, belonging to. during the formation of the pro-soviet government there was a terrorist the activities of the regional army, this time is captured widely on our screens in the chemistry of directors woad, ashes and almas. there was cultural exchange between both countries. poland was for us, as in the 14th century, a conductor of western...
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bloc, which, in general, set itself the task of resisting the soviet union. then he opposed the warsaw pact it is no longer a homogeneous structure, whereas in the previous nato everyone was in in general, to one degree or another , security providers, as they like to say, now half of nato are pure consumers, starting with these baltic tigers and ending, so to speak, with the countries of eastern europe. but which are the most militant in their rhetoric, although, so to speak, they cannot do anything significant, uh, on the one hand, in the current nato, it became after the start of a special military operation, they themselves say it, it became more united, everyone agreed to pay , so to speak, 2%, and some poles are already raising the question of three, with on the other hand, of course, the future is in question, from time to time it throws out options, okay, we agree to serve as such a supervisee, to supply you with something so that you don’t get bent at all, so to speak, but we ourselves will focus more on asia, we have china as our main enemy on the horizon, so come on guys, we’ve g
bloc, which, in general, set itself the task of resisting the soviet union. then he opposed the warsaw pact it is no longer a homogeneous structure, whereas in the previous nato everyone was in in general, to one degree or another , security providers, as they like to say, now half of nato are pure consumers, starting with these baltic tigers and ending, so to speak, with the countries of eastern europe. but which are the most militant in their rhetoric, although, so to speak, they cannot do...
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many of the nations that had former that had formerly been allied with the soviet union in the warsaw pact, nations like poland or what became the czech republic. they became democracies applied and were admitted to the european union. and as quickly they could, they joined non-nato because they had experienced soviet. and the arms control agreements that reagan mentioned briefly in westminster. they in were negotiated the two most important arms control in the united states and the soviet union. then russia's history, a quarter century. the speech was celebrated at the national endowment for democracy. i know and organized action that was created in part because of the speech because of reagan's predictions had become so true. that's why the speech is considered to be among reagan's most significant speeches. according to one of reagan's closest advisers, edwin meese. the speech was especially important because. it functioned as the kick off for activities in support of winning the cold war. when reagan was famously asked what his strategy for the cold war, he answered that the only possi
many of the nations that had former that had formerly been allied with the soviet union in the warsaw pact, nations like poland or what became the czech republic. they became democracies applied and were admitted to the european union. and as quickly they could, they joined non-nato because they had experienced soviet. and the arms control agreements that reagan mentioned briefly in westminster. they in were negotiated the two most important arms control in the united states and the soviet...
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the first to be ready to use nuclear weapons, believing that the general purpose forces of the warsaw pactstop they will have to explode nuclear mines, strike at tank columns, literally from the first day, and then how klyvay will take it out, well, it was believed that this approach would make moscow think again and not start a war, because it would not be possible to win, now the situation has turned 180°, now we are already fair in many ways, although of course we are still we need to see what they look like now, but we believe that we will not be able to resist nato in the pre-nuclear sphere, not ... qualitatively, not quantitatively, therefore, most likely, nuclear weapons, which, in general, are not strategic, will be used quite actively, in the event of a full-scale conflict, and of course, here we cannot forget the classic dilemma, again from the peak of the last cold war, euro-missile crises and so on, will the americans be ready to exchange their capitals, or rather put them under their large cities, put them at risk. nuclear strike - to deliver your nuclear strike in response to
the first to be ready to use nuclear weapons, believing that the general purpose forces of the warsaw pactstop they will have to explode nuclear mines, strike at tank columns, literally from the first day, and then how klyvay will take it out, well, it was believed that this approach would make moscow think again and not start a war, because it would not be possible to win, now the situation has turned 180°, now we are already fair in many ways, although of course we are still we need to see...
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ambassadorial posts, either in order to strengthen diplomacy. which obviously indicates that the warsaw pactreation of such a bloc, which clearly wanted to restore dominance over european territory first of all and in the north atlantic in general, but it did not succeed then, after this events followed that we know well, but... the main main mistake of the north atlantic bloc, the american, by the way, political scientists and government officials themselves say this, it was a very ill-considered decision after the collapse of the soviet union, to begin moving the nato bloc towards the former soviet borders to the territory of the russian federation, having at the same time relied on such major work on ukraine, everything will be changed, it will still return closer to international law and the atmosphere of international interaction , then you can look at the word ominous date, let’s see how it will be , by the way, it echoes the twenty-fifth anniversary of the nato bombing of yugoslavia, that is we have continuous continuous dates, they all indicate that the nato bloc is a very aggressive
ambassadorial posts, either in order to strengthen diplomacy. which obviously indicates that the warsaw pactreation of such a bloc, which clearly wanted to restore dominance over european territory first of all and in the north atlantic in general, but it did not succeed then, after this events followed that we know well, but... the main main mistake of the north atlantic bloc, the american, by the way, political scientists and government officials themselves say this, it was a very...
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and what happened to the assurances given by western partners after the dissolution of the warsaw pactere are these statements now? no one even remembers about them. us withdrawal from the anti-ballistic missile treaty, creation of a new missile defense system in europe. putin repeated over and over again in an unusually emotional manner what all this would lead to. we have withdrawn all our heavy weapons from the european part of russia beyond the urals. you know, don’t be afraid, we promise you that nothing will happen, in the modern world this is clearly not enough, this is a kindergarten, we need guarantees, the first tests about the usa were recently carried out in europe, what does this mean? this means that when we argued with our american partners, we were right; they tried to mislead us, and the whole world, once again, simply. to say it’s quite simpler to deceive, imagine the city of our russian-ukrainian military naval glory sevastopol and there is a nato base there, how emotionally this will be perceived in ukraine in russia, you are aware of this, not only to say, it’s sca
and what happened to the assurances given by western partners after the dissolution of the warsaw pactere are these statements now? no one even remembers about them. us withdrawal from the anti-ballistic missile treaty, creation of a new missile defense system in europe. putin repeated over and over again in an unusually emotional manner what all this would lead to. we have withdrawn all our heavy weapons from the european part of russia beyond the urals. you know, don’t be afraid, we promise...
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in 1955 , eight states of the socialist camp signed the warsaw pact.ing changed with the collapse of the soviet union. gorbachev took a bold step, he said that he would withdraw 450,000 soldiers from east germany and allow east germany to be included in nato, which is actually a hostile army, but in return he demanded that nato not be expanded further east. james baker, then us secretary of state, as is well known, promised that nato would not move east, 5 years later, in bazhezinsk, one of the first. neoconservatives came up with a proposal to expand nato directly to russian borders through the membership of fifteen more states. and the proposal was accepted. in 1999, the first wave of nato expansion swept across europe. poland, the czech republic, and hungary were accepted into the alliance. then, in an effort to expand their sphere of influence, the western military bloc finally dropped its masks and showed its true face, staging the first large-scale war after world war ii. the year after the terrorist attack on september 11 , the united states for
in 1955 , eight states of the socialist camp signed the warsaw pact.ing changed with the collapse of the soviet union. gorbachev took a bold step, he said that he would withdraw 450,000 soldiers from east germany and allow east germany to be included in nato, which is actually a hostile army, but in return he demanded that nato not be expanded further east. james baker, then us secretary of state, as is well known, promised that nato would not move east, 5 years later, in bazhezinsk, one of the...
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and the democratic republic, which would join the warsaw pact the same here. the bench on costco has been researching berlin and spies for decades. and his co author was the book, capital of spies. and the break comes around to 1947 when it was obvious that the nation start going in different directions for berlin wisdom, the east germany, was the beginning of the code forward. and that's a point also where the intelligence collection started to get more intense waste late and was now in island surrounded by socialist east, germany, east and west. and pals crushed the board is but the representatives were allowed to move freely between sect is perfect for spies. berlin was the only city where this situation could be seen. and obviously this geo political situation offered a lot of possibilities for all, for intelligent services. and therefore, i would say berlin is the capital of the code for the journey through secret island in search of spies. the dock side of the global c. c. we meet full. i'm a spies with incredible stories. we were told to be careful look
and the democratic republic, which would join the warsaw pact the same here. the bench on costco has been researching berlin and spies for decades. and his co author was the book, capital of spies. and the break comes around to 1947 when it was obvious that the nation start going in different directions for berlin wisdom, the east germany, was the beginning of the code forward. and that's a point also where the intelligence collection started to get more intense waste late and was now in island...
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the warsaw pact, as a military-political alliance, lasted until february of the ninety-first year.ement. the ussr was moving towards collapse, the social structure was changing in... this story is well known, but gorbachev, as they say, is being thrown, nato waves are rolling in our direction, 1999, hungary, poland, czech republic, 2004, bulgaria, latvia, lithuania, romania, slovenia, slovakia and estonia, 2009 - albania and croatia, 2017 - montenegro. 2020 north macedonia, in 2014, with the aim of swallowing ukraine with the support of nato, a bloody coup d'etat takes place in kiev, a civil war begins in the southeast of the country, with a hunt for the russian language and the russians themselves, among those who do not agree with forced ukrainization. nato begins military development of ukraine, russia in december twenty. year draws a red line: ukraine should not be in nato. the block ignores this warning. russia has no choice but to start the northeast military district. nato is aggressively expanding further, capturing neutral countries as well. finland joins the bloc in 2023.
the warsaw pact, as a military-political alliance, lasted until february of the ninety-first year.ement. the ussr was moving towards collapse, the social structure was changing in... this story is well known, but gorbachev, as they say, is being thrown, nato waves are rolling in our direction, 1999, hungary, poland, czech republic, 2004, bulgaria, latvia, lithuania, romania, slovenia, slovakia and estonia, 2009 - albania and croatia, 2017 - montenegro. 2020 north macedonia, in 2014, with the...
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states of america, this is its own strategic goal, the strategic goal of russia - to return to the warsaw pact sit down at the negotiating table with the united states of america. to divide the world, to influence part of the world, including part of europe, and putin said this very clearly in 2007, the world did not hear it then, he announced it very clearly at the munich security conference, and you remember that the next year in 2008, there was an invasion of georgia, then there was an invasion, well... and the so-called annexation of crimea, and all this is included in a single the scenario that putin is seeking already, well, if we count from the seventh year, then already, if we count from the seventh year, then already the second dozen years, he wants to pawn the western world, negotiate with it and agree to the rules of the game that exist . there, relatively speaking, in the 90s, and now the world has the impression that it hears, but does not fully believe? well, you know, now the world has started to be a little more realistic, well , i mean, where most of the western countries have
states of america, this is its own strategic goal, the strategic goal of russia - to return to the warsaw pact sit down at the negotiating table with the united states of america. to divide the world, to influence part of the world, including part of europe, and putin said this very clearly in 2007, the world did not hear it then, he announced it very clearly at the munich security conference, and you remember that the next year in 2008, there was an invasion of georgia, then there was an...
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the warsaw pact and seva, it was a german megaproject, it was a picture, about more than 200 billionfarmers, that is, this is national, yes. by the way, out of curiosity, i once calculated the annual german subsidies to the polish economy, and it turns out that with this amount it would be possible to build 10 nuclear power plants. so i shifted it to how much we spent on our nuclear power plant, it turns out just right. territory of belarus, they called it a big relocation of the it sector from belarus, as if they didn’t want to put up with a terrible dictatorship here and so on, they forced forcibly, no one asked anyone, they indicated that our enterprise, our it company, is moving, for example, to the territory of poland or the baltic states, and you, being employees of this company, either leave it or move with the company, well, some kind of a person’s socio-political opinion, well, no one... asked this question, but today it turns out that it turns out that not everything is so good, and at the same time in belarus, when these guys were, well, everything was wonderful, for some
the warsaw pact and seva, it was a german megaproject, it was a picture, about more than 200 billionfarmers, that is, this is national, yes. by the way, out of curiosity, i once calculated the annual german subsidies to the polish economy, and it turns out that with this amount it would be possible to build 10 nuclear power plants. so i shifted it to how much we spent on our nuclear power plant, it turns out just right. territory of belarus, they called it a big relocation of the it sector from...
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the other 6 were from the warsaw pact organization and the idea of the police, the general idea was to ensure that there was some common ground that there was a trade in line that the conventional arms were to be investigated and monitored. this was supposed to be mutual, but when the, during the early got a patient in 1999, that was not of course ratified by the needle states suggested that instead of holding the entire block or the group into account that the countries would individually have different aspects in regards to these trees, which really a lot less than the rush. that's a, there's a lot of face and the general approach of the collective west. and just getting the shaded the withdrawal in 2007 and was successfully able to withdraw in 2020 is realistic. listen to what the russian form is. you're have to say in late november of last year, the will socrates of nato and member states and claimed countries have clearly shown their inability to reach and on their agreements. at this point, it is impossible to reach an arms control agreement with them. me when reality compels the
the other 6 were from the warsaw pact organization and the idea of the police, the general idea was to ensure that there was some common ground that there was a trade in line that the conventional arms were to be investigated and monitored. this was supposed to be mutual, but when the, during the early got a patient in 1999, that was not of course ratified by the needle states suggested that instead of holding the entire block or the group into account that the countries would individually have...
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the document itself was signed by nato and warsaw pact countries back in 1990. this treaty established a system of quantitative limits. on five main categories of conventional weapons and equipment in the conventional armed forces of the participating states in the area of application of the treaty, namely battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery, attack helicopters and combat aircraft. let me remind you that russia withdrew from this agreement in 2023. the current event means that russia, and now belarus will not limit themselves to the number of weapons placed in the european part. in the case of minsk. this is the entire territory of belarus with russia, and european territory up to the urals. on the night of april 14, iran launched unmanned cruise missiles and ballistic missiles at israel. later, it became known that the total number of iranian targets reached 300. part of the drones were able to be intercepted by the american and british military and their allies on the same day israel responded for... an attack on the hezbollah weapons production
the document itself was signed by nato and warsaw pact countries back in 1990. this treaty established a system of quantitative limits. on five main categories of conventional weapons and equipment in the conventional armed forces of the participating states in the area of application of the treaty, namely battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery, attack helicopters and combat aircraft. let me remind you that russia withdrew from this agreement in 2023. the current event means...
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so, because that these things are best to sell, and if we are talking about foreigners from the warsaw pact, because in the soviet union it was possible to buy many of the things that ... were sold, let's say, in poland, the poles specialize very much in this, they bought uh, french perfume, here in french perfume, which cost much less in the soviet union than in france, uh, even in terms of official exchange rate, because these were so-called petrodollars, that is, they were barter relations, we sent oil, received not only foreign exchange earnings from the state, but also partially in goods. and these goods from france - these are perfumes, from finland - these are clothing products, and they were sold in soviet stores, of course, everything was sold out instantly, that is, either there were some crazy queues where you had to sign up, or it went out... under the floors, but in principle the poles bought very, very many here things were taken to poland, because they , like, well, twice... they said, they came here, sold something, made money here and brought something from the soviet union
so, because that these things are best to sell, and if we are talking about foreigners from the warsaw pact, because in the soviet union it was possible to buy many of the things that ... were sold, let's say, in poland, the poles specialize very much in this, they bought uh, french perfume, here in french perfume, which cost much less in the soviet union than in france, uh, even in terms of official exchange rate, because these were so-called petrodollars, that is, they were barter relations,...
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only 6 years later in may on the 5th, the soviet union created the warsaw pact organization in responseme, greece and turkey had already joined nato. well, more to come. in fifty-five - west germany, in eighty-two - spain, later united germany. in ninety-nine - hungary, poland and the czech republic. in 2004 bulgaria, latvia, lithuania, estonia, romania, slovakia and slovenia. in 2009 croatia and albania, in 2017 montenegro, in the twentieth north macedonia. and finally, last year finland, this year sweden. and yet at the beginning in the nineties, during the unification of germany, the americans swore that the alliance would not expand if the ussr withdrew its troops from the gdr, then secretary of state bicker, like... a card sharper, separated gorbachev and shavardnadze. which would you prefer? a united germany outside of nato, completely independent without american troops, or a united germany maintaining its ties to nato but with the guarantee that nato jurisdiction or troops will not extend east of the current border. gorbachev replied that expansion nato to the east is unacceptab
only 6 years later in may on the 5th, the soviet union created the warsaw pact organization in responseme, greece and turkey had already joined nato. well, more to come. in fifty-five - west germany, in eighty-two - spain, later united germany. in ninety-nine - hungary, poland and the czech republic. in 2004 bulgaria, latvia, lithuania, estonia, romania, slovakia and slovenia. in 2009 croatia and albania, in 2017 montenegro, in the twentieth north macedonia. and finally, last year finland, this...
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, but there are nato countries, you know, which were also there the day before yesterday in the warsaw pact, and there can be very cool guys like that, you know, it specialists, there, i'm not saying that the flash drive, well , there was a failure, hackers got in, and so to speak, our holy of holies, secret base can. .. to be under threat, this also happens, mr. antin, no one guarantees this today, but if we take the database protection system of the ukrainian armed forces and military formations and state authorities and nato countries, in particular the headquarters in brussels , it is clear that they are different things and there is more guarantees than now. the next thing is that this bill transfers a lot of paper to electronic media. documentation, reports, this is what today is called bureaucracy in military units. the next thing: this law allows and obliges military units to provide certificates regarding the electronic registration of the status of a participant in hostilities. the painstaking paper journey ends and only the application is submitted in electronic form, all other d
, but there are nato countries, you know, which were also there the day before yesterday in the warsaw pact, and there can be very cool guys like that, you know, it specialists, there, i'm not saying that the flash drive, well , there was a failure, hackers got in, and so to speak, our holy of holies, secret base can. .. to be under threat, this also happens, mr. antin, no one guarantees this today, but if we take the database protection system of the ukrainian armed forces and military...
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signed at a turning point for the entire region in 1990 by 16 nato countries and six states of the warsaw pactuantitative limitation on five main categories of conventional weapons and equipment. but after 9 years, the agreement was in fact destroyed. the nato alliance interpreted the agreement somehow in its own way and did not allow inspection to check the number of its weapons. and most importantly, in the end, nato uncontrollably increased the number of troops of weapons systems in europe, that is, belarus complies with the agreement, and nato is pulling offensive weapons to our borders. for a long time we have observed the involvement of other countries, primarily the euro-atlantic alliance, the north atlantic alliance, and many countries nato already. borders with russia and belarus, military spending of nato countries is generally increasing, and military exercises of the north atlantic alliance are now being held these days, unprecedented in scale since the cold war. the other day turkey accepted it. the decision to withdraw from the treaty, which on the one hand is interpreted by expe
signed at a turning point for the entire region in 1990 by 16 nato countries and six states of the warsaw pactuantitative limitation on five main categories of conventional weapons and equipment. but after 9 years, the agreement was in fact destroyed. the nato alliance interpreted the agreement somehow in its own way and did not allow inspection to check the number of its weapons. and most importantly, in the end, nato uncontrollably increased the number of troops of weapons systems in europe,...
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the individual from pennsylvania outline everything that happened in that area in relation to the warsaw pactired nato. over the years we had an easy peace between u.k., ukraine, and russia until nato decided we have to have ukraine and stage big missiles, offensive missiles directed at russia. nato is responsible for the issue we are having now between russia and ukraine. it is pretty obvious to me that nato -- i guess i am still on the television. that is my viewpoint. the other issue is when these countries had to percent of their gdp, where did the money go? it goes to u.s. and the other countries that provide weapons for nato. this has got to be a massive amount of money. nato is beneficial financially for the u.s.. that is pretty much what i have to say. host: we have this from sonia who says increase, they are frontline. vincent says we have the greatest military on planet earth, we don't need to spend on to any -- on in two anymore. allie says it iso protect u.s. interests also. it appears to some people are misinformed believing each countryays a certain amount of money >> the collec
the individual from pennsylvania outline everything that happened in that area in relation to the warsaw pactired nato. over the years we had an easy peace between u.k., ukraine, and russia until nato decided we have to have ukraine and stage big missiles, offensive missiles directed at russia. nato is responsible for the issue we are having now between russia and ukraine. it is pretty obvious to me that nato -- i guess i am still on the television. that is my viewpoint. the other issue is when...
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well, we used a large number, we... took these missiles from those countries that were once in the warsaw pactthey also used soviet weapons, they gave us many missiles, many anti-aircraft missiles complexes, but they are not like that high-quality, of course, like modern, american or european anti-aircraft missile complexes, so of course the missiles end with these complexes, we even made a hybrid complex, well, it was conventionally called frankenstein, it is not quite the correct name, but it is the old soviet bukov complex. with the same radiation stations, this is a medium-range radio , but the missiles used are not the ones that were on the gun carriage, three missiles from before, that is , those missiles that our american friends told us that there were... a sufficient number of them, very the number is large, let’s say, and they can supply us with these missiles, well, all the time, and we can use them to fight cruise missiles, ballistically, these missiles do not work, mr. oleksiy, the other day bloomberg wrote about the fact that china provides russia has satellite images for strikes
well, we used a large number, we... took these missiles from those countries that were once in the warsaw pactthey also used soviet weapons, they gave us many missiles, many anti-aircraft missiles complexes, but they are not like that high-quality, of course, like modern, american or european anti-aircraft missile complexes, so of course the missiles end with these complexes, we even made a hybrid complex, well, it was conventionally called frankenstein, it is not quite the correct name, but it...
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is that we shouldn’t delude ourselves, i think, that these are only our former partners in the warsaw pacte pugs who happily bark an elephant, it seems to me that if there had not been political will in this regard from washington, they might have would not have acted like that, it seems to me that they are still doing a common job one way or another, after all, these attacks perform their function in solving the common tasks set by washington, and i think that in the classic period of the cold war, americans might even have it is difficult to find countries in europe that could perform the functions of such barking people... russia must be destroyed, what does he mean, he is either, so to speak, a clown in the political arena, yes, or he is a dangerous maniac who can provoke, maybe he is a dangerous clown, or maybe he is a dangerous clown, yes, and which can provoke very serious consequences, simply irreversible and the fact that he does not receive feedback from western countries... they very much emphasized their national independence, their sovereignty, incomplete sovereignty, naturall
is that we shouldn’t delude ourselves, i think, that these are only our former partners in the warsaw pacte pugs who happily bark an elephant, it seems to me that if there had not been political will in this regard from washington, they might have would not have acted like that, it seems to me that they are still doing a common job one way or another, after all, these attacks perform their function in solving the common tasks set by washington, and i think that in the classic period of the...
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abandon the logic of the cold war, because this bloc nato, it existed, as it were, to contain the warsaw pact of the soviet bloc, the military bloc of the soviets, soviet countries, and now... it does not need, well, to exist at all, here it will increase. in addition, if you remember, china said that it does not assume that it is unacceptable to strengthen the security of some at the expense of others. it was implied that if the nato bloc were to strengthen, it would consider this strengthening as a weakening of the alliance account of the interests of russia. and that is why the united states hears these signals, we see that they are not ready to go to a confrontation with china and in general with this sino-russian... side and this issue is key in the negotiations with them, that is , it remains for global negotiations at the global level between states and china, let's say, or this sino-russian bloc, so this is an exchange of interests at our expense. yes, mr. ruslan, we understand, yes, well, they calmed down, of course, but on the other hand, well, we cannot ignore the things that are h
abandon the logic of the cold war, because this bloc nato, it existed, as it were, to contain the warsaw pact of the soviet bloc, the military bloc of the soviets, soviet countries, and now... it does not need, well, to exist at all, here it will increase. in addition, if you remember, china said that it does not assume that it is unacceptable to strengthen the security of some at the expense of others. it was implied that if the nato bloc were to strengthen, it would consider this...
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was formed in 1949, and not as our ideological opponents say in response to the creation of the warsaw pactirst to initiate against the soviet union, the creation of this aggressive bloc, well, i digress a little, so, the suwałki corridor will certainly be implemented in terms of its expansion, if on the part of the european union, nato, where colossal military exercises involving almost all nato parties, the number is also a little staggering, because sweden has never conducted such dangerous and large-scale maneuvers. so, if this continues, there will be an attempt to block the kaliningrad region, economically, militarily and in other respects, russia will certainly take adequate actions in order to expand this corridor. direct assignment from belarus or ukraine to kaliningrad in order to provide this region of the russian federation everything you need. such attempts to isolate kaliningrad have already happened more than once; i emphasize the attempts. but that’s not the point, we ’re getting a little ahead of ourselves, and i apologize, nadezhda, for interfering in your scenario. i have
was formed in 1949, and not as our ideological opponents say in response to the creation of the warsaw pactirst to initiate against the soviet union, the creation of this aggressive bloc, well, i digress a little, so, the suwałki corridor will certainly be implemented in terms of its expansion, if on the part of the european union, nato, where colossal military exercises involving almost all nato parties, the number is also a little staggering, because sweden has never conducted such dangerous...
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they were basically praising eastern european countries, former members of the warsaw pact, a new members of nato, as somebody who is always behind the united states. now, it seems that there are some serious cracks in the so called new york, meaning eastern europe, europe because hungry and most definitely still loc. yeah. are off the board. they just don't want to get involved in the war because what is more, the more spreads. they don't want the, their countries to suffer in a few, they possible european war. so this is why i think nato is panicking now because of such examples. if they start to spread around europe, may cause i want the amount of homework, cronies say that the brain that so natal, i think that's a, that's an natal is now going to suffer serious prices. and if you have this process, whatever happens at the end of the war, i think nato will most certainly result because we also have american elections, adult trump, who was local against the nato in the past. so i think that although maybe somebody can face the lock is a small country. that what, why is this so important
they were basically praising eastern european countries, former members of the warsaw pact, a new members of nato, as somebody who is always behind the united states. now, it seems that there are some serious cracks in the so called new york, meaning eastern europe, europe because hungry and most definitely still loc. yeah. are off the board. they just don't want to get involved in the war because what is more, the more spreads. they don't want the, their countries to suffer in a few, they...
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they were basically praising eastern european countries, former members of the warsaw pact, a new members of nato, as somebody who is always behind the united states. now, it seems that there are some serious cracks in the so called new york, meaning eastern europe, your soft examples. if they start to spread around europe may cause i want them on home. i cronies say that the brain that so nato, the changes. slovakia will certainly uh you once uh let's say a chain of under events because maybe we'll now try to compensate the last they have a they have suffered now is the lucky i think this when is a very significant event and it might so let's say a big beginning of a, of a more wider process. the state of emergency has been declined in the central russian region of or, and book. where was the levels continue to search down bridge was cool as close thousands of homes to floods and residents of being evacuated from it is almost as though, according to the local med 10000 people still need to be rescued him placed in temporary accommodation senses. 6 temporary shelter, this have been set up
they were basically praising eastern european countries, former members of the warsaw pact, a new members of nato, as somebody who is always behind the united states. now, it seems that there are some serious cracks in the so called new york, meaning eastern europe, your soft examples. if they start to spread around europe may cause i want them on home. i cronies say that the brain that so nato, the changes. slovakia will certainly uh you once uh let's say a chain of under events because maybe...
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it's him . had to balance the balance of power between nato and the warsaw pact states, the key heree that in august twenty in the second year, the czech republic decided not to fulfill all the conditions regarding our country. poland also did the same in march last year. in addition, in november twenty-third , the nato north atlantic council announced the intention of member countries to suspend participation in the treaty. some states collapsed, like czechoslovakia, germany united, a number of countries began to come under the jurisdiction of nato and join nato, and the balance was accordingly upset. in order to maintain this balance, it was necessary to adapt the agreement to existing realities. in 1999 already 30 states have signed this agreement, but unfortunately, only four have ratified it. this is belarus , the very first, russia, kazakhstan and ukraine. this was precisely the starting point for not signing everything adapted to everything, but most likely approaching the collapse of this agreement. why? there was no control over the number of personnel armed with military eq
it's him . had to balance the balance of power between nato and the warsaw pact states, the key heree that in august twenty in the second year, the czech republic decided not to fulfill all the conditions regarding our country. poland also did the same in march last year. in addition, in november twenty-third , the nato north atlantic council announced the intention of member countries to suspend participation in the treaty. some states collapsed, like czechoslovakia, germany united, a number...
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he had to balance the balance of power between nato and the warsaw pact states and the key thing heredo so. but in fact we observe that in august '22 the czech republic decided not to comply with all conditions regarding our country. poland also did the same in march last year. in addition, in november twenty- third, the nato north atlantic council announced the intention of member countries to suspend participation in the treaty. some states collapsed, like czechoslovakia. germany united, a number of countries began to come under the jurisdiction of nato and join nato, and accordingly the balance was upset. in order to maintain this balance, it was necessary to adapt the agreement to existing realities. in 1999, 30 states had already signed this agreement, but unfortunately only four ratified it. this is belarus, the very first. russia, kazakhstan and ukraine. this was exactly the starting point. unfortunately, gray zones were called, these are states that were not included in the all-russian federation, for example, estonia, latvia, lithuania, they, at their discretion, could increa
he had to balance the balance of power between nato and the warsaw pact states and the key thing heredo so. but in fact we observe that in august '22 the czech republic decided not to comply with all conditions regarding our country. poland also did the same in march last year. in addition, in november twenty- third, the nato north atlantic council announced the intention of member countries to suspend participation in the treaty. some states collapsed, like czechoslovakia. germany united, a...
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when the warsaw pact collapsed and then when the soviet union union disintegrated, central and eastern european countries were pounding on nato's door, asking admission. they had been dominated by the soviet union since the end of world war 2. they wanted to be free, and they wanted to be with what they saw as like minded countries in the west. we didn't do any recruiting to add to nato membership. all of the countries that joined, opened the process themselves the into the conflicts own with tim sebastian presidential elections in russia of the usual full gun conclusion with nothing left to chop, not even the best in jail of the leading the physician suggest. alexei, nevada, is my guest, is the russian come and say to andre collapsed. we talked to connie he, russian, and you guys just sent that in moscow for the valley. such a serious threat to put in the city has to be too confident in 30 minutes on the w remedy or risk. ios can means leanna of the scenario because it's juice control us hours of intoxication. clean, trying to understand the fixed ritual. generations may open up compl
when the warsaw pact collapsed and then when the soviet union union disintegrated, central and eastern european countries were pounding on nato's door, asking admission. they had been dominated by the soviet union since the end of world war 2. they wanted to be free, and they wanted to be with what they saw as like minded countries in the west. we didn't do any recruiting to add to nato membership. all of the countries that joined, opened the process themselves the into the conflicts own with...
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when the warsaw pact collapsed and then when the soviet union union disintegrated, central and eastern european countries were pounding on nato's door, asking admission. they had been dominated by the soviet union since the end of world war 2. they wanted to be free, and they wanted to be with what they saw as like minded countries in the west. we didn't do any recruiting to add to nato membership. all of the countries that joined open the process themselves. the remedy for lease was means liana of the scenario because it's juice control us our as i've been talking to clean, trying to stay the 6 ritual generations may open up completely new perspectives in medicine. i was in session minutes on dw, saving the best for last our final stage in south africa in the on the amount on and off grow icon. recently these babies like on the side to side the finale of our epic road trip. in 90 minutes on the w, the we say they're about never giving up every weekend on d w. the, you're watching the, the, it was coming to live from berlin. international pressure bounce on israel over it's for and gaz
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when the warsaw pact collapsed and then when the soviet union union disintegrated, central and eastern european countries were pounding on nato's door, asking admission. they had been dominated by the soviet union since the end of world war 2. they wanted to be free, and they wanted to be with what they saw as like minded countries in the west. we didn't do any recruiting to add to nato membership. all of the countries that joined, opened the process themselves, the very found and returned the german graves commission helps with the search for missing, sold from scott to trace history and then mission tickets and folding soldiers backs and names and identities. in 30 minutes on the w, if we speak different language share the same culture. ours discrete one, unity for what? it's just a 100 days. my parents and the big part of my family, what killed i'm on a journey to find out about the roots of the 19 are to put you on the site that goes for to see the rhonda. my name is some way to ship me or i'm a student maker, read shaming, history and 19 minutes on d. w. the get ready for an excit
when the warsaw pact collapsed and then when the soviet union union disintegrated, central and eastern european countries were pounding on nato's door, asking admission. they had been dominated by the soviet union since the end of world war 2. they wanted to be free, and they wanted to be with what they saw as like minded countries in the west. we didn't do any recruiting to add to nato membership. all of the countries that joined, opened the process themselves, the very found and returned the...