WHY DID PUTIN ATTACK UKARAINE?
WHAT IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND THE ECONOMY?
what is NATO?
Why does Putin hate NATO?
NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The purpose of NATO was to fight against powers and protect western intrests against them. NATO basically a club which says that if any country attacks on a NATO country then it directly means that it is an attack on all members of NATO.
NATO was founded in 1949. But why was NATO started in 1949 only?
The reason is Russia tested its first bomb in the year 1949. There were two superpowers in the world after World War 2 Soviet Union and USA, from sports to space, these 2 powers competed in every little thing just the way CIA spied in the Soviet Union, The same way, KGB spied in the United States.
Because of the Soviet Union's large size. It had a huge geo-political advantage . To counter this very geographic advantage, NATO slowly started spreading eastward. At the same time, in 1949 the Soviet UNion also signed the Warsaw Pact with 7 East European countries.
That's how things went during the Cold War era. The West and USSR both worked to increase their influence. The Soviet Union disintegrated in the early 1990s. so, the agenda for which NATO was formed in the first place if that agenda itself doesn't exist anymore. What use is NATO for?
NATO continued expanding towards Russia.
WHO CAN JOIN NATO?
NATO keeps an open door policy. This means any European country can join NATO. All the existing members should agree to admission.
Technically, Russia is also a part of Europe right? you will be suprised, but in the year 2000, Putin had also wished to join NATO. If Russia would be a part of NATO, Then perhaps this
conflict would not start. This is the history of NATO. But why is there a problem today?
If you go to NATO's website, they clarly say NATO is a defensive alliance. Is it true ?
Russia isn't convinced. In December 1998, USA attached Iraq even, Iraq was a Russian ally. The US didn't notify Russia about this attack.
In Yogoslavia ,NATO bombed without UNSC approval. 488 citizens lost their lives in these bombings. Putin condemned this incident. This means NATO was going beyond their borders showing aggression and its power in the world.
Russia believes as NATO's influence will increase. NATO will act as the world's police. It will start teaching the world what is right and wrong. Russia was not going to get entry in this.
Today, Ukraine is not a member of NATO but Ukraine's president wanted to join NATO which world bring it to Russia's borders. Russia demanded a written guarantee from the USA that Ukraine won't be a part of NATO. The USA did not give this written guarantee but what does Ukraine have that Russia wants so badly ?
The answer is Energy. Russia's economy works mainly on oil and gas. 30% of Russia's economy comes from these two. Europe is dependent on Russia for oil and gas. 35% of Europe's gas supply comes from Russia. But what role does Ukraine have to play in this crisis?
when Russia and Ukraine were a part of the same Union. The Soviet Union built gas pipelines through Ukraine.
Ukraine sets new traiffs for Russian gas transit to Europe. Till 2005, 80% of the gas exported to Europe from Russia went through these Ukrainian pipelines. Recently, more deposits of gas were found in the black sea. This comes in Ukraine's exclusive economic zone.
Ukraine doesn't have resources because it's a poor country. But Russia has the resources and a reason to attack as well. So, basically a big country attacks a small country and takes control of its energy reserves. This is well known fact that the US attacked Russia ally Iraq in 2003 and took control of their oil reserves. The formula is the same but the perspective is different.
We need to understand both sides of an argument so, that we understand the relationship between action and reaction.
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