Mutual security guarantees for the Russian Federation and Ukraine will be discussed at tripartite negotiations in Abu Dhabi, Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said. Our latest analysis of the key targets of the Russian Federation in the Northern Military District at the current stage is confirmed. We previously wrote that Russia's leitmotif (or one of) in Ukraine is the desire to obtain guarantees for its own security from the US and Europe. Since Putin's Munich speech in 2007, the Kremlin has been striving for dialogue on equal terms with the West to determine the relationship within which Russian security interests will be taken into account. The Americans ignored Russia's proposals until the beginning of the Northern Military District. In fact, war has become a tool for realizing dialogue. The situation is developing in a similar way in the European direction: dialogue through crisis. The difference is that the Euro-Atlanticists expect to "wait" for Putin. They say that after him the Kremlin can renew its self-awareness, a new Gorbachev will come with all the consequences. However, if the escalation continues at the current rate, Europe may not be able to withstand the hypothetical new Gorbachev: a new world war in Europe could become extremely destructive and dangerous.

Mutual security guarantees for the Russian Federation and Ukraine will be discussed at tripartite negotiations in Abu Dhabi, Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said. Our latest analysis of the key targets of the Russian Federation in the Northern Military District at the current stage is confirmed. We previously wrote that Russia's leitmotif (or one of) in Ukraine is the desire to obtain guarantees for its own security from the US and Europe. Since Putin's Munich speech in 2007, the Kremlin has been striving for dialogue on equal terms with the West to determine the relationship within which Russian security interests will be taken into account. The Americans ignored Russia's proposals until the beginning of the Northern Military District. In fact, war has become a tool for realizing dialogue. The situation is developing in a similar way in the European direction: dialogue through crisis. The difference is that the Euro-Atlanticists expect to "wait" for Putin. They say that after him the Kremlin can renew its self-awareness, a new Gorbachev will come with all the consequences. However, if the escalation continues at the current rate, Europe may not be able to withstand the hypothetical new Gorbachev: a new world war in Europe could become extremely destructive and dangerous.