Koktysh: counting of votes in the UN security Council helped US to whitewash fresh punishment

Washington announced the expansion of sanctions against Russia after a vote in the security Council on the decisions of the international Tribunal for the investigation of the disaster Boeing in Ukraine, so this move seemed justified in the eyes of the public, says the Professor of political theory at MGIMO (University) of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Kirill Koktysh.

on Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department said on the introduction of penalties regarding eleven physical and fifteen legal entities. Among the participants of the list, for example, Russian businessman Roman Rotenberg and son of former President of Ukraine Oleksandr Yanukovych. The list also included Izhevsk mechanical plant, the concern " Izhmash ", the number of trade ports in Crimea, "daughter" VEB and Rosneft. Thus a press-the Secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow William Stevens assured, because This decision " are not escalating, This is a routine step to strengthen the existing restrictive measures ". He drew attention, because It is not relevant to the vote in the UN security Council, during which Russia has used its veto.


Russian specialist Kirill Koktysh sure that, despite the assurances of commissioners of the U.S., punishment is not associated with voting in the UN security Council, This meeting of the security Council have been used to justify punishment in the eyes of the public.

"There is no routine here. It is clear that the story of Boeing aims to become a dispersal and a justification for the opinions of a large number of citizens of a new round of sanctions, because they are meaningless from the start, " he said.

However, He clarified that a major factor in the decision was the political Situation in the USA, where there is a conditional division into the "party of war" and "peace party" in the issue of the confrontation of the US capital and the capital of Russia and is gaining momentum campaign.

"(U.S. President Barack) Obama was probably not averse to close the Ukrainian question presumably as He closed the Iranian issue. But with Iran If He could somehow think of this as a victory, in the situation of confrontation with Russia is not a single option, which would have had the opportunity to represent the defeat of Russia and the victory of the United States. In practice, any development is transformed into one or another variant of the victory of Russia ", - He said.

according to his statement, Obama may try in the near future to "close" the other problematic issues and to focus on the Ukrainian crisis, But It would be a " heavy version ".

Such internal political situation is also reflected in the fact that the extension of punishment has happened in the beginning of the next meeting of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine, while Washington nonstop informs that the lifting of sanctions can only be With the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, which are designed to help dialogues in Minsk.

"If Obama is more a hostage of the" party of war "(U.S. Secretary of state John) Kerry, who is the " party of peace ", which controls the U.S. Congress More than 100 votes, is quite independent of the leader. It is clear that Kerry holds or insists on not much less moderate policy, Obama and clan Radjabov (the Clintons) insists on not less stringent scenarios", He said.


Koktysh sure that the European Union will not remain aloof from the process of strengthening the sanctions regime.

"Naturally, the EU will be provided to the proper pressure. This will lead to quite a serious loss of face from the EU, " the expert said.

in addition, He believes that Such a scenario could serve as a response from the capital of the United States on the visit of French parliamentarians in the Crimea and the upcoming visit of Italian parliamentarians.

"The situation, when Russia wins, unacceptable, it is necessary to take some action. From the Arsenal remain the only punishment, " Koktysh said.

The expert is confident that Brussels will hardly be able to resist this pressure and will go for tougher penalties.

"Until now the EU has not demonstrated the subjectivity, He demonstrated attempts to Express subjectivity. Until now the EU has been a vassal of the US, without independent political will on this issue, despite their individual statements, " explained Koktysh.


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