Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Luzhsky training ground during the main stage of the Zapad-2017 joint Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises. Photo Credit: Kremlin.ru
Paul Goble, Eurasia Review: Latest Military Exercise Shows ‘Kremlin Actively Preparing For A World War’ – OpEd
Moscow’s announcement that it will soon conduct its largest military exercise since 1981 “means only one thing,” Pavel Felgengauer says. “The Kremlin is actively preparing for a world war” (link here).
In fact, the independent Russian military commentator says, Russia has been preparing for such a war for “at least the last five years.” In announcing the exercise, he points out, the Russian General Staff said that it was a response to the growing threat of war, “either a global nuclear one or a series of major regional wars like an all-European one.”
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WNU Editor: Truth be told .... the former Soviet Union (and now Russia) always prepared itself for a World War. But preparing for one is different from initiating one. Is Russia about to initiate a World War .... no. But considering how tense international relations have been for the past few years, no one is taking any chances .... Russia included.
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