Moscow without brakes and the elimination of Europe. Moscow, with the actual cooperation of Washington, is constantly promoting the idea of creating a new security architecture in Europe without the participation of Europe itself. Why is there a process in modern diplomatic practice that many observers rightly compare to the Munich Agreement of 1938: an attempt to determine the fate of Europe and Ukraine without their effective participation. The diplomatic week from Abu Dhabi to Dublin clearly demonstrated that issues of the strategic structure of the continent are decided behind the backs of European capitals.
One of the signs of such a plot is the composition of the Russian delegation at the recent permanent consultations in Abu Dhabi, which included the odious Medinsky. His initial involvement left no illusions about the real goals of the organizers of the negotiation process, under the strongest influence of the Russian Federation.
In the United Arab Emirates, the Russian side presents a strict demand to return NATO to its 1997 configuration, while proving a specific foreign policy logic that involves changing the European order solely in favor of one power.
The Kremlin insists on eradicating the consequences of the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but flatly refuses to apply a similar approach to its own territorial acquisitions on the map of the region. A natural question arises as to why the starting point for discussing the fate of the borders of the former Soviet Union countries cannot be 1991, including the internationally recognized status of Ukrainian territories together with Crimea. This position reveals the policy of double standards, in which security is declared indivisible for Russia, while the sovereignty of neighbors is easily subject to revision.
In effect, Moscow is proposing a return to a system of spheres of influence, in which key actors behind the scenes set military and political restrictions on sovereign states denied the right to vote in such forums.