Russia sees no particular country as threat - general

RIA Novosti ^ | 19:06 | 01/ 12/ 2005

[mym]

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia does not regard any particular state as a potential enemy, the Chief of the Russian General Staff said Thursday.

"As the chief of the Russian General Staff, I do not regard any particular state as a potential enemy," Colonel General Yury Baluyevsky told a news conference in Moscow.

"We have long stopped preparing for large-scale nuclear and conventional wars," he said.

According to the general, Russian armed forces have been focusing on preparing for local conflicts.

"We will continue to prepare for the defense of our territory, but we will not be preparing for a war on foreign land," Baluyevsky said.

[x5452]

Sounds like their giving China the invite to take Siberia.

[mym]

==Sounds like their giving China the invite to take Siberia.==

"We will continue to prepare for the defense of our territory"

[cynicom]

Have the Ruskies peeked over the border with China lately???

[Lukasz]

but but Latvia?? Estonia?? ;-))

[cynicom]

That 800 lb gorilla living next door is getting bigger and stronger every day.

[Brilliant]

time to invade.

[mym]

You mean China?
Not to worry about for at least 10-15 years.

[mym]

[Hoplite]

The Mongolian plan to lull Russia into a false sense of security continues apace - come Springtime, Ulan Baator's street urchins shall emerge from the city's underground, having completed their cavalry training, and head North.

When asked to comment on the upcoming invasion, General Khan, who was recently discovered in one of Mount Otgontenger's glaciers and subsequently thawed responded: "Soon, my people shall pitch their yurts on the shores of Baikal!"

No further questions were allowed, however, as the General's lunch arrived and he started threatening members of the press with his spork.

[mym]

LOL!
Show General Khan my post #9.

[jackibutterfly]

"Russia sees no particular country as threat - general."

Not even Chechneya???? Weird!

[mym]

Chechnya is a part of Russian Federation.

[varon]

Russia sees no particular country as threat - general

That should make the folks in Liechtenstein sleep better at night ;-)

[mym]

==but but Latvia?? Estonia?? ;-))==

Yeah, Latvia and Estonia can use their sprat.
But this is not a military threat :))

[RTINSC]

"According to the general, Russian armed forces have been focusing on preparing for local conflicts."

They're preparing for the Walmart invasion..

[mym]

==They're preparing for the Walmart invasion..==

Heck, what kind of weapon to use?

[JudgemAll]

If China is enough of a threat to Russia, China will be enough of a threat to the US in fact. China has always been blackmailed by a poaching dangerous Russia, not by the US... and us counting on China is one of the most dangerous and counter-productive form of outsourcing our military for us. This is why Detente was valuable for both Russia and China, a win-win, contrary to what Nixxon was told by Kissinger to think. Moreover Asean and Caucasus divisions is prime red meat for Russia to conquer if things heated up there

[Lukasz]

But this is not a military threat :))

Russia withdraws from border treaty with Estonia

Russia is afraid of “Greater Estonia”

[s_asher]

I don't think the Chinese would invade Russia militarily. The Chinese leadership favor risk avoidance and can afford to buy whatever resources they want from Russia anyway.

Russia's primary threat is internal, fertility rate of 1.17 and declining, 15% of Russian couples infertile, and 75% of Russian women experiencing serious medical complications during their pregnancy. In 10 years, the Russian population will be reduced by 11 million. Some would claim that the declining Russian population would give the Chinese an opportunity to invade by immigration. Well if I were the Chinese, why would I want to move to Siberia and freeze my butt off?

I think, instead of worrying about Chinese invasion by immigration, the threat is other way around - a giant sucking sound of brain drain from Russia to China. From 1991 to 2001, Russia lost an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 scientists and programmers to brain drain. It takes a lot to raise a kid and provide education. If China offers better opportunities in the future to a depressed Russia, many educated Russians will be flocking over the border, further reducing Russia's human resources.

A country's strength and prosperity is ultimately dependent on its human resource. America is strong because we attract the best brains from around the world, even if our birth rate declines we can still import good quality people. But a country where its educated class would rather flee than to stay will not prosper, and a country that foolishly waste its resources to feed unproductive culls of society will ultimately self-destruct.