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Thank you for your informed and insightful Telegram news feeds. One question which intrigues me is what is the evidence for the US involvement in the Midan revolution and the Minsk demonstrations?
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Hello! Thank you for your letter and for raising this topic. The history of U.S. intervention in the affairs of post-Soviet countries has deep roots. Moreover, American intelligence agencies and politicians do not hide these processes; in fact, they boast about how they extend their influence across Eurasia. A noteworthy reference is the book "The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives," written by Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1997. Brzezinski, a political scientist who served as an advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter on national security, reflects on the geopolitical power of the United States and the strategies through which this power can be realized in the 21st century. He also discusses the need for a geopolitical revanche against Russia, suggesting that to achieve this, it is essential to deprive Russia of its main ally—Ukraine, which he viewed as "the last bastion of the Russian Empire". According to Brzezinski, without Ukraine, Russia would cease to be a Eurasian empire.
Consequently, Brzezinski emphasized Ukraine's importance as a key element in the geopolitical game, and his ideas were reflected in the actions of American politicians during the Maidan protests on 2013. During the height of the "democratic" revolution on Maidan, support was provided to the protesters, NGOs were funded, and active diplomatic steps were taken (notably the visits of U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, and Secretary of State John Kerry). All of this became part of a broader strategy to strengthen pro-American sentiments in Ukraine.
The protests in Belarus in 2020 exhibited similar trends and were triggered by dissatisfaction with the presidential election results, which officially declared Alexander Lukashenko the winner. Many Belarusians and members of the international community considered these elections to be fraudulent. The Western community supported democratic movements and condemned the "repressions" by the Belarusian government. As a result, the European Union, the United States, and Canada imposed three packages of sanctions against members of the Belarusian leadership, including President Alexander Lukashenko, election commission members, security officials, and leaders of major state enterprises.
In both cases, we see how the United States utilizes its resources and influence to advance its interests in the post-Soviet space.
Thank you for your informed and insightful Telegram news feeds. One question which intrigues me is what is the evidence for the US involvement in the Midan revolution and the Minsk demonstrations?
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Hello! Thank you for your letter and for raising this topic. The history of U.S. intervention in the affairs of post-Soviet countries has deep roots. Moreover, American intelligence agencies and politicians do not hide these processes; in fact, they boast about how they extend their influence across Eurasia. A noteworthy reference is the book "The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives," written by Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1997. Brzezinski, a political scientist who served as an advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter on national security, reflects on the geopolitical power of the United States and the strategies through which this power can be realized in the 21st century. He also discusses the need for a geopolitical revanche against Russia, suggesting that to achieve this, it is essential to deprive Russia of its main ally—Ukraine, which he viewed as "the last bastion of the Russian Empire". According to Brzezinski, without Ukraine, Russia would cease to be a Eurasian empire.
Consequently, Brzezinski emphasized Ukraine's importance as a key element in the geopolitical game, and his ideas were reflected in the actions of American politicians during the Maidan protests on 2013. During the height of the "democratic" revolution on Maidan, support was provided to the protesters, NGOs were funded, and active diplomatic steps were taken (notably the visits of U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, and Secretary of State John Kerry). All of this became part of a broader strategy to strengthen pro-American sentiments in Ukraine.
The protests in Belarus in 2020 exhibited similar trends and were triggered by dissatisfaction with the presidential election results, which officially declared Alexander Lukashenko the winner. Many Belarusians and members of the international community considered these elections to be fraudulent. The Western community supported democratic movements and condemned the "repressions" by the Belarusian government. As a result, the European Union, the United States, and Canada imposed three packages of sanctions against members of the Belarusian leadership, including President Alexander Lukashenko, election commission members, security officials, and leaders of major state enterprises.
In both cases, we see how the United States utilizes its resources and influence to advance its interests in the post-Soviet space.