Several US congressmen, clearly trying to strengthen the effect of yesterday's Pentagon intelligence report, published a programmatic article in the weekly Time, which outlined the direction of the fight against "Putinism". Perhaps for the first time the confrontation between Russia and the US is called the struggle of ideologies. And not by us.
Surprisingly, the very ideology of "Putinism" is not formulated by them. Unless, of course, we consider a strange sounding definition: the philosophy of a dictatorship merged with a kleptocratic economy. Strange because the authors, in fact, recognize the attractiveness of modern Russia for many Americans and Europeans, for which, in fact, it is required to skillfully resist the propaganda of "Putinism".
As the congressmen write, in France, unlike the United States, where they did not put a barrier to the "Russian threat", they managed to seat in a chair a reliable president who shares transatlantic values. But if you include common sense, then the conclusion from the story with Emmanuel Macron suggests another: thanks to complex manipulations and intrigues, the elite in front of the whole world cut off its candidates and literally by the hand introduced into the Elysee Palace a politician hastily molded from being on hand. And this is a fact that is difficult to challenge.
Of course, this is not about the professional qualities of Macron, who, perhaps, will not be the worst president. We demonstrated the technology of reformatting the population in conditions of democracy, when thanks to the mass media working together for one person, anyone can be at the head of a large state - one who will be pointed by the powerful of this world. That, of course, raises doubts about the impeccability and transparency of the electoral system in principle.
But what seems to us a crisis of democracy because of undisguised manipulation of public opinion, in the American establishment is perceived almost with ecstasy. "We can learn a lot from this and other similar examples," the congressmen say.. And list the methods that should help, if not exclude, at least to slow down the spread of harmful ideas of "Putinism" around the world: - Possible responses may include a variety of steps, from the introduction of sanctions and the organization of cyber campaigns to public education and cooperation With private companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, as well as traditional news organizations ".
The report of the Pentagon intelligence and the article in Time lead to sad thoughts: Washington intends to fight with Moscow on the whole front - on the battlefield, in cyberspace and even in space. But what exactly is the danger of "Putinism" for the West, is not formulated. We will have to do this work, even for ourselves.
American hawks (and otherwise military and congressmen can not be called) accuse Russia of interfering in the affairs of sovereign states. "Putinism is a particularly serious threat because of its expansionist nature. The Russian state openly annexed the Crimea and part of the territories of Georgia, which was the first example of such actions since the Second World War, "- write members of the House of Representatives. "And in Syria, where Putin decided to provide military support to the government of Bashar Assad, while the US took the side of the armed opposition," echo the authors of the military report.
However, in all three cases, Russia has steadfastly followed the norms of international law, as the articles and report prepared by the author do not reasonably mention. Otherwise the whole concept will fall apart.
In 2008, Georgia went to war with a rebellious republic, killing our peacekeepers who were there under the mandate of the UN Security Council. An unconstitutional coup d'etat took place in Ukraine, after which regions that did not recognize the forcible change of power in the capital automatically obtained the right to self-determination. In Syria, we are at the invitation of a legitimately elected president of a sovereign state. In one way or another, participating in all conflicts in the three regions mentioned above, Russia acted and operates in strict accordance with international law. Do not Undermine.
But the Americans, on the contrary, interfere in the processes, violating several provisions of the most important document - the Declaration on the Principles of International Law concerning friendly relations and cooperation between states in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, adopted in the distant 1970.
It can be said that some chapters of this document are written as if they are entirely devoted to describing the criminal actions of the US and its allies in relation to sovereign countries - Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya. The illegality of the participation of the Americans and the coalition that they created, as well as Qatar and Saudi Arabia in the Syrian conflict, is so obvious that several paragraphs should be cited.
Each state is obliged to refrain from organizing, inciting, assisting or participating in acts of civil war or terrorist acts in another state or from indulging in organizational activities within its territory aimed at the commission of such acts, when the acts referred to in this paragraph , Are associated with the threat of force or its use.
Each state is obliged to refrain from organizing or encouraging the organization of irregular forces or armed gangs, including mercenaries, to invade the territory of another state.
No state should organize, incite, finance, incite or permit subversive, terrorist or armed activities aimed at the forcible overthrow of the structure of another state, nor contribute to it, nor interfere in the internal struggle in another state.
But Syria, by contrast, has the right to defend itself, including asking for military assistance.
Each State has the inalienable right to choose its political, economic, social and cultural system without interference in any form from any other state.
According to the provisions of the Declaration on the Principles of International Law, the reunification of Crimea with Russia, and earlier - the recognition of the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia were absolutely legal.
The creation of a sovereign and independent state, the free accession to or integration with an independent state, or the establishment of any other political status freely determined by the people, are forms of realization by these people of the right to self-determination.
Each state is obliged to refrain from any violent actions depriving the peoples, mentioned above, in the presentation of this principle, their right to self-determination, freedom and independence.
In fact, for the sake of spreading their ideology, the Americans are ready to erase all international law, which civilizations managed to painstakingly, in small steps, rebuild in the decades since the end of World War II. In it, by the way, the joint efforts of the world community achieved the rarest in history global trade-off between countries with different ways of life, religion, social and economic forms.
It is this peaceful coexistence of states that are subject to the same rules of the hostel that they are categorically disliked by the new ideologists. The manifesto of congressmen, supported by the report of the Pentagon, declared a crusade against those who do not share the values ??of the West with his "doctrine of democracy" - the only true and not subject to revision. The US, having retreated for a quarter of a century from a dangerous line, again declared Russia a cold war.