Although I wouldn't call the 2014 coup, an American coup, there was a heavy American involvement in it. The rebellion in Donbas was also a genuine one. Russia of course was going to support it. Most also accept that Crimeans supported the takeover there.
What is also quickly forgotten is the Minsk agreements where Angela Merkel have admitted that they never intended Ukraine to fulfil them, they only did it to allow Ukraine to rearm. Col MacGregor, a former US official have also said the US state department have always wanted a breakup of Russia. NATO expansion was part of the pressure they hoped could trigger that. US supposedly also supported Chechen rebels according to some and this was also part of this same US goal.
So there is no doubt Russia has a reason not to trust the west.
The west stealing Russian assets in Euroclear ads to that. During WW2 Britain and USA protected German gold assets they held. They knew the war would one day be over and world finance would need to continue then. This is no longer the case. China and the rest of the world also see this. The consequences for weak Western European economies could be server going forward.
In any case Farage have done the right thing in promoting what could become an avenue towards peace. Just hope more people in Europe can adopt it.
Although I wouldn't call the 2014 coup, an American coup, there was a heavy American involvement in it. The rebellion in Donbas was also a genuine one. Russia of course was going to support it. Most also accept that Crimeans supported the takeover there.
What is also quickly forgotten is the Minsk agreements where Angela Merkel have admitted that they never intended Ukraine to fulfil them, they only did it to allow Ukraine to rearm. Col MacGregor, a former US official have also said the US state department have always wanted a breakup of Russia. NATO expansion was part of the pressure they hoped could trigger that. US supposedly also supported Chechen rebels according to some and this was also part of this same US goal.
So there is no doubt Russia has a reason not to trust the west.
The west stealing Russian assets in Euroclear ads to that. During WW2 Britain and USA protected German gold assets they held. They knew the war would one day be over and world finance would need to continue then. This is no longer the case. China and the rest of the world also see this. The consequences for weak Western European economies could be server going forward.
In any case Farage have done the right thing in promoting what could become an avenue towards peace. Just hope more people in Europe can adopt it.