Putin cannot declare martial law across Russia. CSTO - Security system collapsing from outside.
2022-10-21
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Dissolution of the Warsaw Pact
After democratization, Gorbachev dismantled the Warsaw Pact. Since there is no longer a military alliance to compete with NATO, Russia claims that the West rejected the proposal to disband NATO, and in return there was a secret agreement not to expand NATO eastward, but this is not certain. For some reason, Gorbachev died during the Ukraine war.
CSTO is an alliance of the former Soviet Union
What the media doesn't talk about much is the CSTO, a collective security system established in 1992 in the former Soviet Union. Although the size of Russia is that of the former Soviet Union, if you check the CSTO member countries on a map, you will see that Russia geopolitically does not share borders with NATO countries. What disrupted this balance was the Baltic states joining NATO, but their national power was small and their borders were short. Meanwhile, the Georgia War breaks out in the south.
Border lines and security issues
The Ukraine war thus occurred as a result of Russia's opposition to NATO's direct border with Russia. However, this is only Russia's claim. As a result, the invasion of Ukraine led to Finland applying to join NATO, leading to a future in which a vast border bordered the country west of Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg.
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Finland's Prime Minister Marin is eager to join NATO Conclusion in a few weeks - Russia strengthens its armament in the Baltic Sea. Finland is eager to join NATO
Finland's Prime Minister Marin announced his willingness to join NATO on the 13th. He will reach a conclusion in a few weeks through Congress. He has remained neutral so as not to inspire Russia, but he also said that this Russian action changed his mind. In contrast, he is one of Russia's closest aides to President Vladimir Putin, and Dmitry Medvejev, vice-chairman of the Security Council, said on the 14th that Russia and Finland will join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the 14th. Warned that it was necessary to increase defense capabilities in the region, and also suggested the deployment of nuclear weapons.
Russia strengthens its armament in the Baltic Sea
What is the Baltic Sea armament? Kaliningrad. Russia has an enlave in the area facing the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Poland, the three Baltic states. It would be to deploy nuclear weapons here. Medvejev argues that Russia must strengthen its army, navy and air force in the Baltic Sea to restore military equilibrium. Finland borders Russia on a long border, and even Moscow is just over 1,000 km away. The location is just a stone's throw from St. Petersburg. However, Kaliningrad is an excursion, and Russia cannot access it without going through Lithuania at present. It can be said that the location is even more difficult than in Ukraine.
Russia is the Black Sea and NATO is the Baltic Sea
If Finland and Sweden join NATO, Russia is likely to be more hurt than Ukraine. Russia is currently capturing southern Ukraine with the aim of influencing the Black Sea, but with the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, NATO will acquire the Baltic Sea. And Kaliningrad will be an outlying area completely isolated from Russia. Russia may be trying to defend itself by deploying nuclear weapons so that Kaliningrad cannot be taken.
Martial law limited due to lack of troops
President Putin annexed four eastern Ukrainian regions and declared martial law. Russian soldiers were short of manpower, and despite a partial mobilization order, many fled the country. The attack on four Ukrainian regions was considered an attack on Russian territory, and martial law was declared for all of Russia, but it turned out to be only the four eastern regions of Ukraine. Apparently it doesn't work.
Does CSTO really work
In addition to domestic political issues, there is also the existence of CSTO. Of the six member states, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia have declared their neutrality on the Ukraine issue. It is unclear whether this means Russia's neutrality toward special military operations or toward a state of war. I tried looking for something similar to NATO Article 5 regarding the conditions for activating the CSTO collective security system, but I couldn't find anything. Under the pretense that Russia is under attack, Mr. Putin declares a state of war and imposes martial law, and if the CSTO does not take action, this collective security system will collapse.
Declaration of war highlights hopeless isolation
The focus will likely be on whether Putin declares a state of war and acknowledges that Russia is under attack. The condition for using nuclear weapons is that Russia's survival is in danger, but at least that condition is not currently met. A declaration of war could lead to a hopeless checkmate for Russia.
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Putin's approval rating reaches 83% - Contradictions are scattered in intelligence warfare reported by each country by country.
According to a private polling agency, Putin's approval rating is 83%. It is said that this is a survey conducted by a private research company called "Repara Center", a company that usually gives strict survey results to the government. However, it is doubtful how credible it is because it is an opinion poll while information control is being carried out, but there is no mistake that it is rising as a trend, says Yu Koizumi of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. And when watching TV in Russia, it is reported that the war has been successful, such as the invasion of Russia destroying many Ukrainian military facilities, and it is natural that the Russian people support this.
Currently, the Western reports are exactly the opposite, Russia's economic sanctions are in effect, so the economic collapse is imminent, the invasion continues to fail and is in a stalemate, and the anti-war consciousness has increased in Russia, which is Putin. It is reported that the administration will be destroyed. Although there are many doubts in the Russian media, it is only one indicator as an objective fact, but when looking at the Russian economy in foreign exchange, it plummeted to 140 rubles per dollar on March 7, but it has rebounded and is now. Is approaching normal prices with 83.98 rubles . At least it doesn't look like it's on the verge of bankruptcy.
In any case, the war is currently underway, and it seems that the people of the world are in the propaganda strategies of both sides. The people have no choice but to watch over this war while receiving media reports. When looking at the reports of each country including Japan, there are many inconsistencies such as what is reported as an objective fact, the views conveyed by the media, the information conveyed by other countries, and the future direction. In the first place, only the military authorities should have a concrete grasp of the state of the war, and since much of the information is military secrets , we are like a live broadcast. There is no way we can confirm the war situation. At the very least, we have to compare the reports of each country and delete the inconsistent information.
Read Russian intentions that are not reported in Japan from the Chinese media - What are they planning?
If you look at the Chinese media about the meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Foreign Minister Lavrov, you can see something unexpected."The U.S. and its allies have declared a "full-fledged war" against Russia, which destroys Russia's economy, undermines Russia's domestic political stability, and ultimately pushes Russia outside the international community," he said.Lavrov also reported that Western attitudes toward Russia have reached the stage of blatant state-level robbery, confiscation of private property and refusal to fulfill their obligations in the financial and economic sectors.
In "Reference News", there are many cases in which Mr. Lavrov does not need to include the European Union or the United States, which helped Kiev in the conflict, in the peace process, and diplomats' achievements are undermined by Western countries.They reportedly said they could no longer be trusted.
Russian delegation leader Vladimir Mezinski has said the need for multilateral talks as a new framework for ensuring Ukraine's security during the ceasefire talks in Turkey, but it means that the U.S. and EU countries will not be included.And the fact that Western countries, including the U.S., and Japan, have declared a "full-fledged war" against Russia makes one wonder what the nature of the multilateral talks will be like.
There is a possibility that a group that draws in China and excludes Western countries will make some kind of deal.
If the Northern Territories are viewed as a regional issue around Russia, it is very doubtful whether they will be returned.
Looking to the west of Russia
Finland lost 10% of its land
Pro-Russian forces in Moldova and Georgia
Korean War, Vietnam War, and Communist Civil War
Create a civil war, stage it, and advance
Ukraine issue and Northern Territories issue
Is Japan's territorial issue a diplomatic card?
War between Finland and the Soviet Union broke out on November 30, 1939. The Soviet Union invaded Finland after its border guards came under fire from Finnish troops. The Soviet Union was condemned by the international community for its apparent acts of aggression and was expelled from the League of Nations on December 14, 1939, but this had no effect on its actions.
Finland was forced to cede 10% of its territory, including Viipuri, and the Karelian Isthmus. The fighting ended with a peace treaty in which the area where 20% of industrial production was concentrated was ceded to the Soviet Union.
Transnistria is located in Moldova, which shares a border with Ukraine, which is currently undergoing an invasion. This is an area where pro-Russian forces within Moldova have declared independence. Of course, there is Russian support behind this. Georgia is also home to the pro-Russian Republic of South Ossetia. During the recent invasion of Ukraine, the Republic of South Ossetia announced that it would proceed with the process of becoming part of Russia.
The Korean War was fought in what is now North Korea, and the Vietnam War was fought in which the former Soviet Union supported the Northern Army, with the aim of building a socialist country. In other words, the objective is to establish a pro-Russian regime in Asia. This became Comintern's usual tactic. In China, the Chinese Communist Party won after a civil war between the two countries, resulting in the current China.
Since Russia is the largest country in the world, there are things that cannot be seen unless you look at the globe further apart. The method of the former Soviet Union and Russia is to support independent forces, pro-Russian forces, from behind and cause a civil war.
The 2014 Crimean Crisis occurred when the Russian military unilaterally invaded the Crimean Peninsula and held a referendum in an attempt to annex the pro-Russian forces living in the Crimean Peninsula to Russia. Following the recognition of the independence of the present-day Donetsk and Lugansk republics in the Donpass region, Russia has continued to invade from there, with the intention of making the entire southeastern part of Ukraine or east of the Dnieper River into Russian territory.
If we look at the country of Russia from this distance, surrounding regions become Russian forces through various methods of being incorporated or becoming independent, and Russia supports them from behind. Japan has the Northern Territories issue.
Looking at Russia's territorial expansion methods, Japan can only argue that it is a violation of international law because Russia invaded after the Potsdam Declaration, but from Russia's point of view, such things are something they always do, and I can't imagine Russia specifically returning the Northern Territories to Japan. Will Russia return the territory it has acquired in violation of international law? It wouldn't exist. It can be said that the very attempt to find a compromise with Russia over territorial issues is different.
Kazakh President Tokayev disapproves of pro - Russian armed groups in front of Putin - Russia threatens.
Moving to countries surrounding Russia
Trend of democracy in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan was a nuclear state
Declares disapproval in front of Putin
Russian threats
Military invasion just by saying something?
Strategic satellite state withdrawal
The withdrawal of the former Soviet Union's satellite states from Russia is becoming more and more obvious. Ukraine is currently at war with Russia and the other is Kazakhstan.
In Kazakhstan, a referendum was held on June 5th to decide whether or not to amend the constitution, and the proposed amendment was approved. The bill aims to eliminate the influence of former President Nazarbayev, who held power for many years, and 77.18% of voters supported the bill, which led to former President Nazarbayev retiring from politics.
The current constitution grants Nazarbayev, who retired in 2019, a special status as the country's first president and "father of the nation," but the proposed constitutional amendment deletes related provisions. According to the Election Commission, the turnout reached 68.1%.
Electoral system reform will also take place at the same time, and is expected to be a step toward democratization in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is one of the countries that became independent from the former Soviet Union after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Because strategic nuclear weapons were deployed in the region, it automatically became a nuclear-weapon state. Ukraine and Belarus also became independent countries while possessing nuclear weapons, but all three countries abandoned their nuclear weapons when they ratified the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
On the other hand, these regions are strategically important to Moscow in relation to NATO, and that is why Russia is so fixated on Ukraine.
On June 17, Kazakhstan's current President Tokayev spoke at a plenary session of the International Economic Forum held in St. Petersburg, northwestern Russia, where Russian President Putin was also present. ” Kazakhstan indicated that it would not recognize it as an official state. That's exactly what he denied in front of Mr. Putin..
He implicitly criticized Russia for its strict control over speech, saying, ``Kazakhs are an open civil society, and the people have a variety of opinions regarding (Russia's) special military operations.'' In response, on June 18, Mr. Zatulin, a senior member of Russia's ruling party United Russia, said, ``This is a challenge to Russia,'' and ``problems similar to Ukraine could occur in Kazakhs,'' blatantly. He is making serious threats.
To put it simply, Russia's disapproval of pro-Russian armed groups and a series of statements reveal that Russia is not only willing to launch a military invasion, but is also a country that will immediately send troops if it doesn't like it. That's why I don't think he's insane.
In any case, Russia is absolutely pro-Russian and wants to control Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan as satellite states.
Kazakhstan was not one of the five countries that voted against the United Nations resolution condemning Russia, which was adopted on March 2, and abstained.
Europe and Russia from World War II.Is a buffer zone necessary or not?
Europe's history is complicated.During World War II, the Soviet Union recorded the highest death toll in the world.It is said to be between 18,000,000 and 24,000,000.At that time, the Soviet Union had a population of 168,524,000, which meant that 13.6 percent to 14.2 percent of the population died in the war.The reason is that the Nazis are so strong that the rest of Europe is helpless.Churchill of England was afraid of the Nazi invasion and called Roosevelt of the U.S. to ask him to participate in the war, but Roosevelt refused and Churchill was unable to move for a while.
It was the Soviet Union that eventually prevented the Nazis from marching.As a result, the Soviet Union paid for such outstanding deaths.In this sense, Europe was saved from the Nazis by the Soviet Union.After the war, the Soviet Union took over half of Europe during the Cold War.NATO, led by the United States, was born in Western Europe.The United States did not participate in the European war and had no results at all.
The United States drove Japan to defeat and became the leader of liberal countries.Japan's death toll during the war was more than one-tenth that of the Soviet Union, or 3.6 to 4.3 percent of its population.You can see how many Soviet deaths occurred.The war in Japan, which ended in the United States, was not actually beneficial to Europe because Asian countries resisted colonial policies and gained independence one after another.
At least the Soviet Union, which achieved great results in the war in Europe, has collapsed since 1991, leaving no socialist countries in Europe.Putin has repeatedly opposed Ukraine's entry into NATO and said he was deceived by Europe.Russia wants Ukraine to remain a buffer zone.Conversely, is Europe planning to deploy NATO troops to the Russian border?Who do you think saved Europe?He may think that.
There is no doubt that Russia's actions this time clearly violate international law, but history gives me a complicated impression.What are the advantages of Ukraine joining NATO for NATO?
