The fallout from the recentb German elections is now beginning to take shape, and it is no wonder that Putin's mouthpiece, RT, is cozying up to the AfD political party that won 12.6% of the vote, and now contstitutes the 3rd largest political party in Germany.
Already one can hear the clinking glasses of champagne in the boardrooms of German business.
It will also embolden Sigmar Gabriel (left) to push for, what he refers to as, "a new détente with Russia".
As reported by Radio Poland,
"According to Gabriel, an argument voiced by some in Europe that sanctions against Russia should only be lifted after the so-called Minsk agreements are 100 percent implemented is “unrealistic," niezalezna.pl said." (Radio Poland : 21.09.2017) (my emphasis)
The political clout of Angela Merkel has been spiked by this political result of the AfD party, and it does not bode well for Merkel's pet political project, the implementation of the Minsk II agreement that has been fraught with Putin constantly stoking a breakdown of the ceasefire that has been agreed upon.
Already Putin is accelerating this breakdown.
As reported by RFERL,
"Ukrainian leaders said "sabotage" was behind massive explosions at an ammunition depot in central Ukraine that prompted the evacuation of more than 30,000 people and the closure of airspace over the region on September 27." (RFERL : September 28, 2017) (my emphasis)
This comes close on the heels of an earlier explosion that occurred in March 2017 in Eastern Ukraine.
As reported by Kyle Mizokami,
"The incident is strikingly similar to one that happened last March at another ammo dump at Balakliya, a military base in Eastern Ukraine, and both fit a pattern of attacks going back nearly two years." (PopularMechanics : Sep 27, 2017)
Meanwhile the US Senate and Congressional Intelligence investigations into Putin interfering in the 2016 US Presidential elections continues to unearth exactly how Putin helped Trump into the White House.
Putin may have helped Trump into the White House but, unlike the AfD success in the German elections that is bringing him closer to the lifting of the EU sanctions against him, with the support of Sigmar Gabriel and the German business lobby, Putin is having to keep a wary eye on what is transpiring in the US.
Donald Trump is heading more rapidly towards an impeachment process as Facebook and Twitter are now firmly in the sights of the Senate and Congressional Intelligence Committees.
As much as Trump wants to also thank Putin by lifting the US sanctions against him, unfortunately for Trump neither the US Senate, nor the US Congress, is equivalent to Putin's rubber-stamping Russian Duma.
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Already one can hear the clinking glasses of champagne in the boardrooms of German business.
It will also embolden Sigmar Gabriel (left) to push for, what he refers to as, "a new détente with Russia".As reported by Radio Poland,
"According to Gabriel, an argument voiced by some in Europe that sanctions against Russia should only be lifted after the so-called Minsk agreements are 100 percent implemented is “unrealistic," niezalezna.pl said." (Radio Poland : 21.09.2017) (my emphasis)
The political clout of Angela Merkel has been spiked by this political result of the AfD party, and it does not bode well for Merkel's pet political project, the implementation of the Minsk II agreement that has been fraught with Putin constantly stoking a breakdown of the ceasefire that has been agreed upon.
Already Putin is accelerating this breakdown.
As reported by RFERL,
"Ukrainian leaders said "sabotage" was behind massive explosions at an ammunition depot in central Ukraine that prompted the evacuation of more than 30,000 people and the closure of airspace over the region on September 27." (RFERL : September 28, 2017) (my emphasis)
This comes close on the heels of an earlier explosion that occurred in March 2017 in Eastern Ukraine.
As reported by Kyle Mizokami,
"The incident is strikingly similar to one that happened last March at another ammo dump at Balakliya, a military base in Eastern Ukraine, and both fit a pattern of attacks going back nearly two years." (PopularMechanics : Sep 27, 2017)
Meanwhile the US Senate and Congressional Intelligence investigations into Putin interfering in the 2016 US Presidential elections continues to unearth exactly how Putin helped Trump into the White House.
Putin may have helped Trump into the White House but, unlike the AfD success in the German elections that is bringing him closer to the lifting of the EU sanctions against him, with the support of Sigmar Gabriel and the German business lobby, Putin is having to keep a wary eye on what is transpiring in the US.
Donald Trump is heading more rapidly towards an impeachment process as Facebook and Twitter are now firmly in the sights of the Senate and Congressional Intelligence Committees.
As much as Trump wants to also thank Putin by lifting the US sanctions against him, unfortunately for Trump neither the US Senate, nor the US Congress, is equivalent to Putin's rubber-stamping Russian Duma.
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