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Nato cranks up confrontation with Russia
The irrational hatred towards Russia within Western elites and their subsequent actions put the people of the EU in mortal danger, writes RAINER RUPP
NATO ULTERIOR MOTIVES: (Above) Oil tanker Eagle S, pictured on January 7, suspected of the disruption of the Finland-Estonia power cable Estlink-2, is kept anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo, on the Gulf of Finland
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IT APPEARS that the Biden administration, shortly before its departure, has instructed an escalation of tensions in the Baltic Sea with the potential for direct military confrontation with Russia.
Over the past years, the behaviour of European states suggests that all such action was directed by Washington. What is currently being orchestrated in the Baltic Sea can only be described as irrational and therefore highly dangerous.
Let us summarise what is happening. Under the pretext that the EU has the authority to impose sanctions on deliveries of Russian oil and gas that do not even enter the territorial waters of EU member states but merely pass through international shipping lanes, ordinary oil tankers from various owners and origins are labelled as a “shadow fleet.”
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