As
info-war
reported, Vladimir Putin referred to the need of the Russian
industry, irrespective of ownership status, to modify its production
for the needs of the armed forces, speaking from the city of Sochi on
the Black Sea, according to the British media.
Putin's
appeal comes as a response to the change of the German strategic
doctrine, which has been open to the militarization of Berlin's
foreign policy since 2014, but also to the plans of several European
countries to reintroduce compulsory military service.
Putin's
statements were made on the context of the Zapad 2017 military
exercise to deal with a potential attack with nuclear weapons.
Among
other things, the exercise included the seizure by the armed forces
of small and larger local businesses for the needs of transferring
soldiers, the facilitation of telecommunications and the logistical
support of the participating units.
Recall
that recently,
the EU has moved a step closer towards having a joint military force
by signing an agreement on a permanent command structure.
The
agreement on PESCO, or Permanent Structured Cooperation, was signed
in Brussels by 23 members of the 28-strong European Union on Monday.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini supported the move,
hailing it as an “historic moment.” Backed by a €5-billion
($6.5-billion) EU defense fund, PESCO “will enable member states to
use the economy of scale of Europe and in this manner to fulfil the
gap of output that we have.”
The
agreement will come into force in December, after which members will
be legally bound to participate in projects under PESCO. Work on the
pact started last year amid uncertainty over the UK’s decision to
withdraw from the European Union, and US President Donald Trump’s
continued criticism of European NATO members for failing to deliver
on defense-spending commitments.
European
heavyweights Germany and France are leading the effort to bring the
EU closer to having a permanent joint armed force. The UK, which has
been opposing a pan-European military force for decades, is not part
of the agreement. Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, and Malta opted out;
while Austria, not a member of NATO, agreed to join at the last
moment.
As
Germany attempts to grab
the US sphere of influence in Europe,
Putin's statements show that Russia fears that may have to deal with
a double threat in the future, which is NATO plus a potential EU
separate military force.
An
independent from NATO future EU army will force the big European
players to enlarge and modernize significantly their military forces
in order to fulfill their separate strategic goals against Russia.
Russia would struggle to fight against two big enemies in separate
geopolitical fields.
However,
the fierce fight between the US and the European big capital in their
effort to control resources and expand influence will eventually
maximize the competition between the hard core of the EU and the US.
And this is something that Russia should exploit to break the
sinister Western alliance, in order to survive from a possible
military or economic attack in the future.
why the hell has Vlad putin chosen to say those words now in end 2017? Of course he knows a helluva a lot more than we do, i feel it frightening.
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