https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/belarusalert/putins-nuclear-blackmail-in-belarus/

http://euromaidanpress.com/2021/12/21/realpolitik-to-deter-russia-and-other-takeaways-from-our-series-on-post-soviet-transformations/

https://thedispatch.com/p/its-about-more-than-ukraine

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1538975/Germany-news-olaf-scholz-coalition-sdp-greens-Russia-nord-stream-2


https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/3374142-ukraine-signs-gas-deal-with-hungary.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/nord-stream-2-how-putins-pipeline-paralysed-the-west

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-putin-ukraine-russia-sanctions/2021/12/22/7e7306f0-6348-11ec-a970-723b75c13382_story.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-22/a-flotilla-of-u-s-lng-cargoes-is-headed-to-fuel-starved-europe

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/12/23/a-road-to-nowhere

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/12/putin-does-not-need-invade-ukraine-get-his-way

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/23/putin-delivers-marathon-end-of-year-press-conference-amid-ukraine-tensions-economic-woes-a75907
https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/status/1473974149353807881
Putin press conference in one sentence: Russia has suffered for centuries from Western aggression and is an innocent victim.

"We live in different worlds," Putin says of Russia and the west. "They said they wouldn't expand and they did."

He goes on: "In 1991 we divided ourselves into 12 parts. But that wasn't enough for them. Russia is too big. Only this can explain the constant pressure on us."

answer:

(EAST)Europe and 84 parts of RF have for centuries suffered from Muscovy "katsap "agression



https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/world/europe/russia-military-putin-kremlin.html
"The Kremlin this year aims to drastically increase Russians? ?patriotic education,? including a plan to attract at least 600,000 children as young as 8 to join the ranks of a uniformed Youth Army.


https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Germanys-Reaction-To-The-Energy-Crisis-Could-Be-Catastrophic.html

http://euromaidanpress.com/2021/12/23/58-ukrainians-support-joining-eu-54-in-favor-of-nato-iri-ukraine-poll-shows/

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-is-not-readying-military-invasion-ukraine-russian-envoy-tells-paper-2021-12-23/

http://euromaidanpress.com/2021/12/22/naftogaz-files-complaint-with-european-commission-over-gazprom-abusing-dominant-position-on-european-gas-market/

http://euromaidanpress.com/2021/12/22/ukraines-demonopolization-agency-fines-ex-president-poroshenko-linked-companies-10-3-million/


https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/3373760-nsdc-secretary-says-122000-russian-troops-massed-near-ukraine-border.html

http://www.uawire.org/dutch-prosecutor-s-office-demands-life-sentence-for-those-accused-of-downing-mh17-boeing-over-donbas

https://ukrainetoday.org/2021/12/22/they-found-an-apartment-in-dubai-for-almost-half-a-million-euros-at-the-ex-dnr-leader-photo-video/

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3374125-almost-40-un-delegations-accuse-russia-of-spreading-fake-narratives-about-ukraine.html

"Clearing up everything connected with Ukraine, even if it is a monument to Varenyk", - lawyer Pidhorna about the destruction of Ukrainian identity in Crimea
https://qirim.news/en/novosti-en/clearing-up-everything-connected-with-ukraine-even-if-it-is-a-monument-to-varenyk-lawyer-pidhorna-about-the-destruction-of-ukrainian-identity-in-crimea/

https://balkaninsight.com/2021/12/22/euronews-serbia-denies-editorial-changes-after-orban-linked-firm-takeover/



https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/12/putin-russia-treaty-u-s-ukraine.html


https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-general-wants-alliance-troops-bulgaria-romania-der-spiegel-2021-12-18/



https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/12/how-biden-can-outfox-putin-in-ukraine/

https://www.thebulwark.com/putin-cant-be-allowed-to-re-divide-europe/ | charters 1990-1999 Paris & Istanbul
he want BINDING agreements on NATO but never abided ANY, not charters 1990-1999 Paris & Istanbul, not even Minsk 1&2, so what ?
https://www.osce.org/mc/39516
Charter of Paris for a New Europe, signed in 1990 by the USSR and the countries of Europe and North America.
https://www.osce.org/mc/17502
The Charter for European Security ?reaffirm(ed) the inherent right of each and every participating State to be free to choose or change its security arrangements, including treaties of alliance.? Like the Charter of Paris, it also reiterated that no state ?can consider any part of the (European) area as its sphere of influence.?

https://kyivindependent.com/national/russia-has-122000-troops-close-to-ukraines-border/

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/not-drill-putin%E2%80%99s-going-ukraine-time-198365

HOW EUROPE GETS ITS GAS
https://radiolemberg.com/ua-articles/ua-allarticles/yak-evropa-otrymuye-sviy-haz

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/how-western-tech-companies-are-helping-russia-censor-internet/

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/586515-propaganda-enables-putins-aggression

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/3373628-russian-troops-near-ukraines-borders-nato-raising-readiness-of-rapid-response-force-welt.html

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/a-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-could-be-vladimir-putins-downfall/


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/20/standing-up-to-putin-ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelenskiy-russian-threat



https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-court-accidentally-delivers-guilty-verdict-on-putins-ukraine-war/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/europes-future-will-be-decided-in-ukraine/

https://belsat.eu/en/news/23-12-2021-one-legged-political-prisoner-forced-to-walk-without-crutches-with-hands-handcuffed-behind-back-uladzimir-hundar-s-story/

https://belsat.eu/en/news/23-12-2021-lukashenka-s-regime-threatens-to-block-transit-and-stop-exports-to-lithuania/

https://belsat.eu/en/news/22-12-2021-lithuanian-government-commission-says-contract-with-belaruskali-poses-threat-to-country-s-security/
https://belsat.eu/en/news/22-12-2021-anarchists-sentenced-to-long-prison-terms-in-minsk/

https://belsat.eu/en/news/21-12-2021-polatsk-owner-of-white-red-white-house-gets-25-days-in-jail-for-picketing/

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/22/ukraine-says-russias-gazprom-is-creating-gas-deficit-in-europe-a75905

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2021/12/putins-effort-to-avoid-becoming-lame.html


https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/german-foreign-ministry-first-states-its-insufficient-repentance-for-war-crimes-against-ukrainians-68022.html

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