About the number of countries designated signers of the petition for deprivation of Russia the right to participate in the 2016 Olympics, initiated by the Minister of culture and sports of Denmark Bertelm the Harder (looking at him in the picture).
We will call these countries their 19: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, UK, Czech Republic and Austria. All, except Norway, members of the European Union.
Noteworthy is that the leading EU countries — Germany, France, Italy, Spain among the signatories no. And all of the 28 EU countries in the “list of Harder” only 19.
What does this mean?
First of all, that the Europeans have no common view, a common position, as the suspension of Russia from the 2016 Games and in the findings of the world anti-doping Agency (WADA), in support of which, in fact, was born the petition of Harder”.
In General, the composition of the signatory countries is quite transparent. UK long-standing and ongoing geopolitical opponent of Russia. Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, these also have a long, historical and relatively recent personal scores to Russia. And all countries, including Denmark, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Portugal, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, have one thing in common — their total dependence on the USA. Some of them — the Baltic States, Poland, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia — depend to a greater extent, other — UK, Austria, Belgium — less.
Especially mangles our “bratushek” the Bulgarians, whose existence as a people the Russians have shed countless of their blood, their Yankees inciting any treachery against Russia. Even to the detriment of its national interests, such as in the case of the gas pipeline “South stream”. One just can not understand the “bratushki” strategic friendly relations with Russia, they exchange for a mess of pottage overseas American two-mover after which the United States, reaching its main goal — the neutralization of Russia, will forget their “allies” on the following day.
Of course, not so simple with other countries. It is enough to recall recent collective appeal to the national anti-doping committees of 14 countries in the international Olympic Committee (IOC) with a request to suspend the Russian team from participation in the Olympic games in Rio. It is initiated by the States, where Americans were not encrypted. So under this appeal was signed by Spain, Germany and Switzerland who “list of the Harder” no. Why less than two weeks later, they changed their stance? Perhaps they got sick from the anti-Russian game, which started in the USA.
Well, not a bad idea, apparently, was to show Washington that Madrid, Berlin and Bern have an excellent position. And more important than others, it was to show the informal EU leader Germany. Especially against the background that France was neither the first case nor the second anti-Russian initiatives is not supported.
What we do juggling with names evrostran? “The petition of Harder” has become the perfect litmus test, which revealed quite clearly the countries in Europe that US grip… to put it mildly, a tight rein. And while the US position in Europe is strong enough, the Russian factor needs to be considered. And remember that “nothing is eternal under the moon”. First and foremost, remember this is the “pool manipulation” (Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, etc.): Ottoman, French, German, American times from time to time rolled on Europe and rolled, crashing against Russian shaft, and Russia remains constant.
