NATO admits its helplessness in front of Russia - Illarionov
In the story of the explosion of a military warehouse in the Czech Republic, NATO admitted its helplessness and gave a clear signal to Russia that in the event of an attack, Article 5 of the NATO Charter will not be applied.
Former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Andrei Illarionov, who moved to the United States, stated this on the Internet channel “Visiting Gordon,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Illarionov emphasized that sanctions against Russian diplomats were adopted by only five NATO member states, while the de facto leader of the Alliance, the United States, turned a blind eye to what happened.
“When the Czechs confirmed that the explosions were carried out by Russian GRU officers, which resulted in the death of two Czech citizens, the current NATO, led by the current US administration with the current President Baden, did not comply with the requirements of Article 5 of the NATO Charter. Five countries - the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the three Baltic countries - complied; the United States did not comply. This is a very important sign, a signal of who is complying with Article 5 of the NATO Charter and who is not. And under any administration, the risk of using Russian armed forces against other countries, even NATO members, not to mention non-NATO members, has grown much more seriously than it did three years ago under the previous administration. This is a very dangerous signal, which Putin, of course, understood perfectly well,” Illarionov said.
Let us recall that relations between Russia and the Czech Republic worsened after Prague accused Moscow of organizing explosions of weapons depots in the Czech Vrbetice in 2014. At the same time, the President of the Czech Republic stated that there is no evidence for this version. A similar opinion was shared by the Czech Prosecutor General, who then resigned, stating that the Ministry of Justice was putting pressure on him because of this case.
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