Posted on 05/10/2023 3:27:48 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Russian President Vladimir Putin has his own version of the NATO military alliance, made up of post-Soviet states.
But the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which was never as powerful or cohesive as Russia would have liked, has been increasingly creaking since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, experts told Insider.
Some of its members have made unprecedented public snubs against Putin, and experts say they're conscious of Russia's poor military performance over the past year, with questions over how well Russia could protect them.
Some may even fear becoming Russian targets.
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As Putin has become more isolated since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, CSTO members have made up some of his few remaining allies, with close cultural, historical, and military ties, as well as economies that heavily rely on Russia.
In addition to Russia, the CSTO consists of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, all once part of the Soviet Union.
But some have committed a series of apparent snubs against Putin since the invasion began.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
putin and biden are the diaper boys (diapers made in china) with nukes
Yeah right. NATO ( and all the collective West) can’t hold a candle to the strength and power of the Russian/ Chinese alliance.
Thank you senile Joe.
so then why does Russia keep losing on the battlefield?
to a country 1/40th of its size?
some alliance ... LOL
Putin’s reneging of the Budapest Memorandum has opened the eyes of Russia’s partners and forced them to ask themselves “who is next?”.
Not sure what that is supposed to mean. The one on the far left has a little gap. Does that mean anything? I just see 2 people who could not follow simple instructions to stand in front of their flag.
Your statement is ill informed to say the least.
You ask why did he say the collective West can’t hold a candle to Russia/ China?
Because like all of his ilk, he stamped his feet, cried, and insisted that it’s true.
Or, the organization never actually existed
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Re Russia:
There is not really any there there. Russian prosperity was created by western companies. When they left, the prosperity left with them.
The Russian people lack the wherewithal to exist in the modern world
The Russian people lack the wherewithal to exist in the modern world
You would think that Putin is competent as far as the Russian oil/gas sectors. That he would impose the kind of discipline where the Russian oil/gas Corporations have the oil/gas field skills to explore and drill and build the needed infrastructure. But this is not the case. The Russians have relied on Western oil companies such as Shell oil to do all this. The labor is Russian and ethnic Russians in their oil patch. But all the engineering, planning and direction comes from Western oil services companies. These companies have departed since Putin invaded Ukraine. So now incompetent Russians are left to their own devices.
In the early 1990s Russian collapse/chaos, the oil fields in very cold permafrost regions got ruined due to cracked pipes and valves. Why? Because some water comes up with oil. When the oil is not kept in motion, flowing towards exports and internal Russian uses. Then the water freezes, expands, and bursts pipes and valves. Who came in and repaired this damage over 20-30 years? Western oil services companies. The Russians were not skilled enough
A year ago Ukraine was still in possession of Popasnaya, now they're being kicked from Bahkmut about 30 miles to the West.
Not sure how you Northern Bud Lite drinkers define losing, but that ain't it.
Exclusive: Japan is in talks to open a NATO office as Ukraine war makes world less stable, foreign minister says
“Tokyo
CNN
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Japan is in talks to open a NATO liaison office, the first of its kind in Asia, the country’s foreign minister told CNN in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the world less stable.
“We are already in discussions, but no details (have been) finalized yet,” Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday, speaking a week ahead of the Group of Seven summit, hosted this year by Japan in Hiroshima.
Hayashi specifically cited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year as an event with repercussions far beyond Europe’s borders that forced Japan to rethink regional security.
“The reason why we are discussing about this is that since the aggression by Russia to Ukraine, the world (has) become more unstable,” he said.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/asia/japan-foreign-minister-hayashi-nato-intl-hnk/index.html
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