Russia’s fears over ex-Soviet nations laid bare in leaked paper

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Russian officials believe that Western pressure is obstructing Moscow’s former Soviet countries closer to its orbit and building economic relations with the south of the world, a leaked official report says.

In a strategy session led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mystecin last April, the interior presentation of Russia gave a rare insight into how the Russian war damaged its nearest allies.

The analysis has significantly acknowledged that the pressure of Western sanctions, as well as the economic overscraces, succeeded in carrying out some of Moscow and its nearest trade partners.

The Russian cabinet presented this report to dozens of senior government officials and top officials in some of the largest state agencies in Russia, according to its website. Sergey is a fanatical experts like the prisoner, who called for Putin to use nuclear weapons against Europe, and Alexander Dugin, a proponent of fierce violence against the Ukrainians, was also present.

According to the report, Moscow’s ambition is to restore access to the global trade by keeping Russia at the center of the Eurasian trade block, which will be aimed at competing the field of economic influence in the United States, EU and China.

According to the report, Russia is viewing “Macorishion” as an important long -term project, which will publish any discussion with the West on the future of Ukraine, to help strengthen the “global” step, to help.

The new block will connect Russia to the Global South by combining them with a general “world view of the new block, with access to raw material [ . . .] Where we write rules for the new world [and have] Our own ban policy, ”the report claimed.

However, it acknowledges that Russia’s world resurrection obstacles are sufficient. According to the report, Western countries have successfully threatened to adhere to the “carrot and stick” procedures when bypassing the global market, transport corridors and Moscow.

According to the report, Russian allies, already, have received sanctions from Russian traders by removing their home jurisdiction, controlling imports and export flows and transferring production from Russia. It also added that the Central Asian countries have also sought additional commissions to compensate for the risks of violations.

The report admits that Russia has to “play long games” to keep Central Asian countries in its orbit. It applied for their shared history and paid tribute to their independence, when the burden of Russian victory in the war against Ukraine would not be enough to end the pressure of Western sanctions. “Close relationship with a country [like Russia] The source of the inconvenience will be, “the report said.

It also added that the Central Asian countries are taking advantage of the “weakness” of Russia and trying to “integrate” without Russia “in groups like the Turkish state organization. The nations “rewrite our collective history” “have changed their world outlook”, promoting English as the second language instead of Russia, and sending them to western educational standards to spread their elite to the west.

The countries have “decide on their position towards Russia”, the report ends without details.

The largest economy in the region has condemned the Kazakhstan attack, refused to recognize Russia’s regional gains and tried to show consent with Western sanctions. Neighboring Kyrgyzstan, however, has thrown a lot of the first with Russia, and the complaint has made its debate as an important way for the execution.

In this report, Belarus describes Russia as the most successful example of Russia, comparing Strongman President Alexander Lukasco to away from Russia, with his announcement in 20 2018 “We will always be gathering with Russia”.

According to the report, the development of the Eurasian Economic Union led by Moscow, which includes Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, is also fighting “systemic problems”. These include the risk of sanctions, Western countries control Russia’s use of various payment systems after kicking outside the Swift messaging system and controlled the Moscow -introduced coins for the weather.

A spokesman for Mestein was contacted for the comment, but did not respond.