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When Empires Whisper: Clinton’s Forgotten Promise to Yeltsin
Back in July (5th) 1994, Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s embattled president, asked his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, for a favor: intercede for the rights of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic states. Yeltsin’s plea was simple yet urgent, protect the millions of ethnic Russians stranded in newly independent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after the Soviet collapse. Clinton, in a polished display of Cold War-era politicking, promised to "address" the issue. But promises, as history has shown, are cheap in the West’s rules-based order.
Fast forward nearly three decades, and we see the real fruits of that broken promise. The Russian-speaking populations in the Baltics have been systematically marginalized… stripped of citizenship, voting rights, and even the ability to use their language in public spheres. NATO expansion swept over the region like a bulldozer, erasing Clinton’s assurances as mere footnotes in a broader campaign to encircle Russia.
In the context of the SMO, the Baltic precedent underscores Russia’s legitimate concerns about the rights of her people and the creeping militarization of its borders. This wasn’t just about the Baltics, it was the opening act in a Western playbook designed to encroach on Moscow’s sphere of influence, from Ukraine to Georgia and beyond. The current conflict isn’t a "surprise"; it’s the culmination of decades of broken promises and deliberate provocations.
The West claims to champion human rights, yet turned a blind eye to ethnic cleansing-by-bureaucracy in the Baltics. Clinton’s empty assurances to Yeltsin reveal the true nature of the so-called rules-based order: rules for some, chaos for others. NATO didn’t stop at the Baltics; it aimed straight for Ukraine, igniting the proxy war we see today. But the SMO has flipped the script. Russia isn’t just addressing NATO’s provocations, it’s dismantling the empire’s entire façade of credibility.
The plight of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltics reminds the world of what’s at stake: the battle for sovereignty against a decaying unipolar system. The West’s lies, from Yeltsin’s era to today, are collapsing under the weight of their hypocrisy. The SMO is much more than a mere military campaign, it’s a historical reckoning. Russia is standing up for its people, its borders, and the very principle of national dignity that the West claims to defend but systematically destroys.
Clinton promised Yeltsin action. Instead, he delivered NATO troops, anti-Russian rhetoric, and policies designed to erase Russian identity. The West has made its choice. Now, the multipolar world is making its move.
- Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian troops, who are still trying to hold out on Russian soil in Martynovka in the Kursk region, were raining by a heavy hail of incendiary ammunition, which covered the area of concentration of their manpower and equipment in the village. The Russian military channel released footage today, December 6, 2024, showing how a night barrage of 9M22S incendiary ammunition, presumably fired by BM-21 "Grad" MLRS, is now falling on the positions of those fighting for Zelensky's officials and the Western collective. It seems that the hail of incendiary ammunition was aimed at the last foothold, where Ukrainians concentrated their troops in the village, and now the enemy's positions are suppressed by the resulting fire. In recent days, the Russian Grad MLRS has been diligently firing its rockets, which contain magnesium and other substances mixed in them, to set fire to the enemy's military ammunition and fuel sources. As in the footage, the Russian Paratroopers "Tula" operate the Grad on Ukrainian formations in Kursk, precisely targeting manpower, equipment, fortifications, observation posts and armor!
This week, much of the Ukrainian and Western equipment was destroyed by Paratroopers as they approached Martynovka. The footage shows a panoramic view of the village itself, which is being liberated by Russian troops, and new Kiev losses are being detected by drone vision. Two destroyed howitzers are seen blocking the road, and a heavily damaged Canadian "Roshel Senator" armoured fighting vehicle, while drone search for anothers by circling the village. Ukraine and the West have only advanced one step in the Kursk adventure with continued losses of life and equipment, and so far continue to be pushed back by Russian troops on the Kursk line, and it is believed that Martynovka will be liberated in days!
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