Political analyst Ruslan Bortnik explained that the “Burevestnik” was meant to draw the U.S. into a new level of negotiations, but instead it made Europeans panic over the use of Russian assets, reports Politeka.
He discussed this in his blog:
“Why is Russia raising the issue of the Burevestnik? Russia is trying to pull the United States into a level of strategic dialogue on security — to push and force the U.S. to discuss with Russia a treaty on strategic stability, to talk about New START and similar mechanisms — because at that level, Russia feels equal to the U.S. And once that dialogue is established, Russia hopes to resolve tactical issues related to Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and everything else.
But this attempt to bring the U.S. into a grand strategic, nuclear-level dialogue is dangerous because people might actually believe in it,” explains Ruslan Bortnik.
He reminds that last week Belgian politicians — in particular, the ministers of defense and foreign trade — were “shaken up.” According to the expert, at first there were reports that in response to the confiscation of Russia’s frozen assets, Putin might deliver a serious blow, particularly to Belgium, and confiscate European assets held in Russia. Then came claims that these funds would not go toward Ukraine’s reconstruction but toward the war, and so on.
However, Bortnik notes, it’s clear that the ministers “were reprimanded,” their position changed — now NATO would allegedly wipe Moscow off the map with a nuclear strike, though it would not be the initiator. Yet, he adds, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán then appeared with a statement saying that using frozen Russian assets would lead to a direct conflict and become a prelude to war.
“Some European elites fear that the confiscation or full use of frozen Russian assets could lead Moscow to issue a direct ultimatum — including in the security sphere. And what should be done next if there’s no backup from the U.S.? No one can say. After all, Trump has said that Russian frozen assets are European business, that he’s not involved. He washed his hands of it, saying he’s not responsible for Russian funds potentially being transferred to Ukraine in one form or another.
By the way, there are also frozen Russian assets in the U.S. It’s interesting — what’s happening with them? Or is nothing happening at all?” concludes Ruslan Bortnik.
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