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Although
the Russian president was quite clear about many issues during his
latest speech, it would be useful to attempt a brief interpretation
of some key points:
“I
mentioned our American friends for a reason, since they are always
influencing Russia’s relations with its neighbours, either openly
or behind the scenes. Sometimes it is even unclear whom to talk to:
to the governments of certain countries or directly with their
American patrons and sponsors. [...] If for some European
countries national pride is a long-forgotten concept and sovereignty
is too much of a luxury, true sovereignty for Russia is absolutely
necessary for survival. Primarily, we should realise this as a
nation. I would like to emphasise this: either we remain a
sovereign nation, or we dissolve without a trace and lose our
identity.”
“Speaking
of the sanctions, they are not just a knee-jerk reaction on behalf of
the United States or its allies to our position regarding the events
and the coup in Ukraine, or even the so-called Crimean Spring. I’m
sure that if these events had never happened – I want to point
this out specifically for you as politicians sitting in this
auditorium – if none of that had ever happened, they would have
come up with some other excuse to try to contain Russia’s growing
capabilities, affect our country in some way, or even take
advantage of it. The policy of containment was not invented
yesterday. It has been carried out against our country for many
years, always, for decades, if not centuries. In short, whenever
someone thinks that Russia has become too strong or independent,
these tools are quickly put into use.”
“Despite
our unprecedented openness back then and our willingness to cooperate
in all, even the most sensitive issues, despite the fact that we
considered – and all of you are aware of this and remember it –
our former adversaries as close friends and even allies, the
support for separatism in Russia from across the pond, including
information, political and financial support and support provided by
the special services – was absolutely obvious and left no doubt
that they would gladly let Russia follow the Yugoslav scenario of
disintegration and dismemberment. With all the tragic fallout for
the people of Russia.”
What we see in Ukraine is
probably another failure of various think tanks, mostly from
Washington, which they are funded, of course, by the international
capital. It seems that, apart from the fact that they have
underestimated Putin's abilities, they have also wrongly estimated
that Russia had passed permanently in the neoliberal phase and
would be ready to become an easy victim to promote their plans.
According to these plans, the ultimate goal would be probably to
dissolve the vast Russian territory in future and bring in power
Western-friendly puppet regimes, in order not only to conquer the
valuable resources, but also to impose permanently the neoliberal
doctrine on "unexplored" regions and populations.
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“Since
2002, after the US unilaterally pulled out of the ABM Treaty, which
was absolutely a cornerstone of international security, a strategic
balance of forces and stability, the US has been working
relentlessly to create a global missile defence system, including in
Europe. This poses a threat not only to Russia, but to the world as a
whole – precisely due to the possible disruption of this strategic
balance of forces.”
Latest numerous indications show
that the US surround Russia, attempting to isolate the country
militarily, politically and economically. The support of neo-nazis
in Ukraine was aiming to drag Russia into an attrition war in East
Ukraine, for a start. Some analysts claim that Washington's
"hawks" prepare a nuclear "preventive" strike
against Russia because they believe that they can obviate Russian
or Chinese retaliation, using the anti-missile shield in East
Europe. Unfortunatelly, there are indications that this may be
possible. According to latest information, Washington proceeds in
actions to surround China as well. It is not accidental that these
revelations come after the recent big agreement between Russia and
China on the energy sector. According to some analysts, the US
transfer 60% of their naval forces to the Asian Pasific, while
they plan to build a similar "anti-missile" system in
the region.
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“Our
goal is to have as many equal partners as possible, both in the West
and in the East. We will expand our presence in those regions
where integration is on the rise, where politics is not mixed with
economy, and where obstacles to trade, to exchange of technology
and investment and to the free movement of people are lifted. Under
no conditions will we curtail our relations with Europe or America.
At the same time, we will restore and expand our traditional ties
with South America. We will continue our cooperation with Africa and
the Middle East.”
What we see now, is a cruel
battle with time. On the one hand, Russia and China, together with
the rest of the BRICS, are trying to get rid of the dollar and
form their own currency system to gain complete independence, on
the other, the neocon banking-corporate puppets in the US are in
panic and seek desperately a pretext to come to war with Russia
and put an end to this threat for their plans. This explains their
agony to drag Russia into a warm conflict.
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“Concerning
small business, I propose establishing ‘holidays from
inspections’. If a company has acquired a good reputation and if
there have not been any serious charges against it for three years,
then for the next three years it should be exempted from routine
inspections by government or municipal supervisory agencies. Of
course, this does not apply to emergencies, when there is a danger to
people’s health and life. [...] Another thing. I propose a full
amnesty for capital returning to Russia. I stress, full amnesty.
[...] I expect that after the well-known events in Cyprus and with
the on-going sanctions campaign, our business has finally realised
that its interests abroad are not reckoned with and that it can even
be fleeced like a sheep. [...] At this point, it’s mostly the
other way around: we buy everything abroad, leaving the domestic
industries and science empty-handed. I suggest creating a special
governmental coordination centre and giving the Government more
authority in this sphere. This centre would dovetail the
implementation of large projects with placement of contracts at
Russian companies, with further development of the national
production and research facilities, and production localisation.
[...] I am instructing the Government to take the necessary decisions
to expand small and medium-sized businesses’ access to
purchases by state companies, and in particular to determine the
volume of state-owned companies’ mandatory annual purchases from
small and medium firms. This is tens and hundreds of billions of
rubles that must be used to boost the development of national
businesses.”
It
appears that Putin has set three main goals for the Russian economy
which relates to each other. The first goal is to enhance the
small-medium business sector as an answer to the neoliberal
perception that supports big corporate and financial monopolies. The
second is that this should be done by Russian capital returned to
Russia. Here, smartly refers to the Cyprus case, as one of the main
reasons for the bail-in was to hit Russian deposits in Cypriot banks.
(http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2013/03/the-new-big-trick-of-neoliberal.html)
The third goal, is to impose further state control upon the economy
to prevent slipping into the disastrous financialization according to
the neoliberal model.
“Despite
any external restrictions, we must increase our annual investment to
25 percent of GDP by 2018. What does this mean? I’ll explain it
with just a few words. It means that we must invest as much as we
save. Our savings must work for the national economy and
development, rather than the export of capital. To be able to do
this, we must seriously strengthen the stability of our banking
system – the Central Bank has been working towards this end quite
persistently – and also reduce the dependence of the national
financial market on external risks.”
Putin
will seek further autonomy for the Russian economy and further state
control of the banking system in order to protect it by foreign
financial speculative games. It seems that BRICS increasingly gaining
financial independence from the Western neoliberal bloc. This will
bring further panic to the Western oligarchs as may fear that a fast
growing Russian economy could become a new model for other countries
even from the Western sphere of influence. Therefore, their plans for
total dominance through the expansion of the catastrophic
neoliberalism could be definitely destroyed.
Full
speech:
http://eng.kremlin.ru/transcripts/23341
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