Russia Surrounded by US
As expected, the issue of the establishment of a US missile system in Romania has led to a new round of rhetoric between the two former superpowers. It is nothing new that the US has a long-term plan to limit Russia within its territories and block Russia’s influence in the strategic region of Eastern Europe. On the other hand, it is also not surprising that following a decade of bypassing the crises related to the collapse of the former Soviet Union and stabilization of the Russian Federation, Russia intends to revive the country of councils. The Ukraine crisis was the climax of clashes of the strategic plans of these two countries, where Russia showed that it would even take aggressive approaches to maintain its superiority in its former secure territory.
Most of the experts also consider the present crisis in Syria as the next chapter in the strategic rivalry between Russia and the US. But Russia’s reaction, under such conditions, with regard to the establishment of the US missile system, raises questions. Recently, Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, stated that, while the US officials had stated that if an agreement was made in Iran’s nuclear program, they would not establish their missile system in Europe, they had increased their capabilities, contrary to what they had promised, and have now stationed new missiles in Eastern Europe and near Russia’s borders. Even Putin has said, “We must all remember that all officials of western countries claimed that the missile defense system is needed to prevent Iran’s atomic attacks. But where is Tehran’s threat today? The US signed an agreement with Iran and we support this measure. But they are continuing the threats by stationing the missile defense system.”
The point is, were the Russians really convinced that equipping countries of the Black Sea with anti-missile systems was a program to control Iran’s nuclear weapons? This is while all intelligence organizations of the world approve that Iran does not have nuclear weapons and does not have an enemy in Europe. The more important question is, if that is true, then how and to what extent has Russia helped the US and western countries to limit Iran’s peaceful nuclear program? The statements made by Russian officials are so honest, or better said, deceitful that they remains no doubt that Russia has cooperated with the western countries during the last decade to exert pressure against Iran. The question of what role the Russians played in Iran’s encirclement and how much they benefited from it must be asked from the Russians.