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Epidemic of Russophobia Makes It impossible to Pursue Normal Relations

As far as the US goes, to be honest, there's little of interest to us there. Of course, we could turn our attention to President Trump who yet again made a comment on nuclear weapons, saying that the current treaty with Russia on the limitation of strategic offensive arms, New START, was "just another bad deal". He then repeated his promise, "We're going to start making good deals". That being said, the criticism of the New START has no specifics, and the preparations for the so-called good deal are yet to come into the picture. All-in-all, the current foreign policy of the US, just like we noted last time, is not settled yet. We can only guess its outlines based on select observations. So looking back at past week, observers pointed out that, while staying in Europe, Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, avoided all conversations about the European Union. Or at least the speech he gave in Munich did not contain a single mention of the EU. Turned a blind eye, as they say. For now, the European NATO allies are only good for giving money. That's basically it. Until we look at English-language newspapers, American and British alike, that are keen on creating and disseminating all sorts of nonsense about Russia. Last Tuesday, for example, London's The Independent, gave the entire Europe a fright by reporting an increased level of radiation on the continent. The British newspaper was quick to blame Russia and its secret tests of a new nuclear missile. On the whole, the irresponsibility of our British colleagues is astounding. The fact of the matter is that there was a slight increase of the natural background radiation due to the radioisotope Iodine-131, and Russia had nothing to do with it whatsoever. The British can be cocky with other matters as well, often cruising for a bruising. Even when it means a bloodshed. In this century we've seen the invasion of Iraq and the treacherous bombings in Libya which resulted in the destruction of a thriving country. Once again, Libya came up last week, at the Munich Security Conference, in the speech of Michael Fallon the UK Defense Secretary, who made the following categorical statement: "We don't need the bear sticking its paws in". That was about Russia. What kind of attitude is that? And that's with Sergei Lavrov being present at the conference. I cannot imagine Lavrov saying anything like that. He's basically asking for a T-shirt of the kind we have, "Those who don't want to talk to Lavrov will have to talk to Shoygu". During his talk with MGIMO students last Tuesday Sergey Shoygu gave Michael Fallon a reply. "We think there's no animal in their zoo capable of ordering our bear around". What a productive dialogue... If that's what Fallon likes, he can carry on with it. And now back to Libya and on a more serious note. The UK and France with the help from the US left Libya flooded with blood. The country was destroyed and became a breeding ground of terrorism. It's as if someone is supposed to clean the mess after them. Whether Fallon likes it or not, Russia, having traditional relations with Libya, indeed shows interest in this country. Last Tuesday in London Igor Sechin, the Head of Rosneft, and Mustafa Sanalla, the Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation, signed an agreement on the exploration and production of new oil fields. The very next day, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its support of "...maintaining contact with all sides in the intra-Libyan political process..." "...to help Libyans overcome their differences..." As we know, Libya is split in half, and the hopes are put on Russia both by the Marshal Khalifa Haftar who controls the major part of Libya in the east and the Prime-Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj who resides in Tripoli in the west. Haftar visited Moscow in December. The visit of Al-Sarraj is planned for the nearest future. So the processes both in the Middle East and in North Africa run their course. The same goes for the European Union. Iran, China and naturally Russia have their own agendas. Obviously, it would be the safest route for everyone if the US were to join the general coordination utilizing common sense. But this is not the case at the moment. It's almost like the new US Administration is losing its momentum. In my opinion, that's happening because the American media force Donald Trump pretty much into a bullfight, but the one that doesn't have any rules, because there are too many matadors who want to finish the bull-Trump. One after another, from different angles, they show the US President the ominous red cape. Muletas flare up here and there, and each one of them hides a spear ready to transfix the furious beast. The goal is impeachment, and nobody's trying to hide that. No reason? They will create it. Set him up and fuel the frenzy. It feels like the four nation-wide television channels called by Trump the enemies of the American people, which are CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS, are only busy with doing just that. How do you like, for example, the discussion started by CNN in the professional community of psychologists and psychiatrists? The question was whether it would be okay to go against the ethics code which prevents them from publicly diagnosing Trump and claiming he has a psychiatric illness or a psychological disorder. Next, came a whole chain of hypocrisy. Oh, those poor psychiatrists who have to hold back and cannot voice their concerns! And oh, what is more important in this case, ethics or public interests? And what if they could speak out? If they were allowed to, what would we find out? We do understand the gravity of the situation, but for now it's just guesswork. But there are people who actually know. And keep silent. So is it good for the United States and for the world? Maybe the truth should force its way through? A mental disorder has no place in the public office, and in the presidential chair at that. And so it continues for an obsessively long time. Nothing to sue them for. They didn't make a straightforward claim that Trump is mentally ill, but they put him in the context and planted doubt. The toxic rumor is out there. And who'd remember this in the aftermath? But wait a moment... All of the United States are currently like a mental hospital. The Ward No. 6 from the Anton Chekhov's story. Meanwhile, Trump is being pierced with taunting banderillas, one after another. Last Friday, at the Conservatives conference, an unidentified instigator started handing out Russian flags with big letters TRUMP on them. Without any suspicion, – red, blue and white are the colors of the American flag too – people were saluting Trump with them, allowing TV channels to casually drop, "Can you see now for yourself that Trump is an agent of Kremlin?" Later, the flags were taken away, but that's not a big story for the media, is it? The New Yorker put its own lance in Trump's hide. The cover of the upcoming issue already went viral: the name of the magazine, victimizingly spelled in Cyrillic, and a giant Putin peering through a magnifying glass at a fluttering moth of a Trump. The image is deliberately humiliating for the President of the United States. It's biased and brazenly violating both the proportions of the real world and common decency. It fits the mainstream, however. And it's already brought results. This is how they are described by The American Conservative: "The epidemic of Russophobia makes it almost impossible to pursue normal relations. Indeed, in reaction to the constant attacks on them as poodles of Putin, the White House seems to be toughening up toward Russia". Russia, in turn, is watching all this with calm understanding. We're waiting for actions. Putin has a lot of patience.

Epidemic of Russophobia Makes It impossible to Pursue Normal Relations
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