January 15, 2022
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The West must be ready for new provocations from Russia. Daniel Fried, former US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and an honorary member of the Atlantic Council in Washington, warned about this in an interview with BNR.
I think Putin is trying to intimidate, use “disguise” and pressure to force the West to accept Russian control over Ukraine and return Russian control over other Central and Eastern European countries. We must not allow it. We must also be ready to work and negotiate with Russia if Putin wants to solve real security problems, not the ones he invents, so we must be both firm and willing to talk to the Russians … It depends on Bulgaria whether it It will be important what Bulgaria wants, we will not have anything in Bulgaria without its approval, but the Biden administration has already announced that it will work in this direction if necessary, and will consult with NATO and all the Bucharest Nine countries, “Fried said.
According to him, the United States has already made its counter-proposal to Russia – discussing arms control and transparency in exercises.
It seems that Russia will continue to maintain a firm tone and a limited military conflict is very likely in the short term, said Daniel Fried.
