Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "How Putin's Invasion of Crimea Led to a Boom in Russian Cheese" video.

@АндрійКовальчук-о8ч Because the agreement was kept private for decades, and has only now been de-classified, _after) the U.S. got what it wanted through lying. Surely you can read English, yes? These are American documents, conversations between Soviet Foreign Minister Эдуард Шеварднадзе and Secretary of State James Baker. Read the 2nd paragraph on page 3: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/dc.html?doc=4325678-Document-04-Memorandum-of-conversation-between Baker guarantees Шеварднадзе that "there would, of course, have to be iron-clad guarantees that NATO's jurisdiction of forces would not move eastward." Or the conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Baker? https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/dc.html?doc=4325679-Document-05-Memorandum-of-conversation-between Page 6, 2nd paragraph: "If we maintain a presence in a Germany that is a part of NATO, there would be no extension of NATO's jurisdiction of forces for NATO one inch to the east." Read the American documents, and tell me they're "Russian propaganda." Go ahead, do it. Try and convince yourself. You're the one who's been fed propaganda. You might not like Russia, but that doesn't make America perfect just because they oppose Russia. The false promises were known to the U.S., England, France, and Germany. They were just kept private because it would make them look bad. Of course the diplomats would deny it. You believed them?? You're as naïve as a child, then. Silly Ukrainian.
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@АндрійКовальчук-о8ч It was a verbal agreement, between Yeltsin and Clinton. One of the Clinton administration's diplomats famously gave the assurance, "not one inch eastward". Oh, and more documented evidence has been declassified (after the damage has already been done). https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/newly-declassified-documents-gorbachev-told-nato-wouldnt-23629 Of course, Yeltsin himself was supported immensely by the U.S., which makes sense as he tacitly allowed NATO to expand and privatized nearly all of Russia's assets, which were quickly bought by Western companies. Clinton is on record saying he wanted (off the books) to help Yeltsin win. The original election meddlers. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/05/americans-spot-election-meddling-doing-years-vladimir-putin-donald-trump
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Master plan is soft power. I hope Russia finally understands that money = influence. Products can reach farther than the best missiles. The WHO refuses to talk about China because it funds so much of it. Muslim countries refuse to talk about Xinjiang because of Chinese investment. They have the strategy, now it is Russia's time to do it.
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Because russia = scary lol
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Not yet, anyway. Cheese can be functionally reproduced so long as it doesn't rely on its place of origin for its properties (Parmigiano getting its taste from the Italian volcanic soil that cows feed on). It only needs to reach a price where it is available to the mass market, then it stops mattering whether it's 'better' or not.
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