There is an interesting shift now ongoing in Russian policy--ie making the Putin Doctrine which means Russia has the inherent right to interfere with any country that has any minority of Russian language speakers--notice not true ethnic but language speakers.
This morning via RIA--the Russian FM is now moving the argument to the inherent right to defend it's "national security"--one if in a rational world would say--defending "national security" is really simple if one declares yes we are in the Ukraine and yes we are pulling out by day X--but no Russia triples down.
NOTE: Russia has come full swing and is now declaring our "national security" is really what we declare it to be and if that involved interfering in a sovereign country so be it.
For today RIA:
MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) – Continuing sanction pressure on Russia will only deteriorate the Ukrainian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
NOTE: just how many times has the US and the EU formerly stated that if Russia truly suspends the weapons and troops into the Ukraine and truly seals their border sanctions come off the table---if AP is correct at least five times in the last six months.
“It is obvious that the continuation of sanction pressure on Russia will not help resolve the internal crisis in Ukraine but will rather deepen the confrontation and complicate dialogue,” Lavrov said in an interview with El Pais newspaper published on Wednesday.
NOTE:---again the FM absolutely does not discuss the potential of Russian involvement via troops and weapons.
The minister stressed that Russia reserves the right to take measures to protect its legitimate interests, including in the sphere of national security.
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