What Putin really told Biden 

Russian and US leaders dropped their respective rhetorical gauntlets but nobody really expects Russia to invade Ukraine

by Pepe Escobar December 8, 2021

(…) „Now for what really matters: the red line. 

What Putin diplomatically told Team Biden, sitting at their table, is that Russia’s red line – no Ukraine in NATO – is unmovable. The same applies to Ukraine turned into a hub of the Pentagon’s empire of bases and hosting NATO weaponry.  

Washington may deny it ad infinitum, but Ukraine is part of Russia’s sphere of influence. If nothing is done to force Kiev to abide by the Minsk Agreement, Russia will “neutralize” the threat on its own terms. 

The root cause of all this drama, absent from any NATO narrative, is straightforward: Kiev simply refuses to respect the February 2015 Minsk Agreement.“ (…)

What Putin really told Biden