US Says Russia Violated a 1987 Nuclear Missile Treaty

[Rayaan]

It is most interesting that we found nothing wrong with this supposed breach when it happened, but piped up indignantly when we found ourselves trying hard to incovenience Russia 7 years later.

It is also very interesting that this recent sanction imposed on Russia has occurred almost right after the launching of a $100 billion New Development Bank (NDB) operated by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) in July 15, 2014. And I think that the new BRICS bank is very likely a hidden catalyst (or at least one of the reasons) for the imposing of the sanction against Russia by the US. Why, you ask?

Because the BRICS bank poses a predictable danger to the long dominance of the US dollar in global trading as well as dollar-backed institutions.

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One of the things that America might do to battle this economical problem now is to administer "sanction attacks" against countries which oppose its policies.

But, Vladimir Putin is well aware of this and he has already stepped up to preventing such threats from the US:

Russia will press other BRICS emerging market nations to agree measures to prevent "sanction attacks" by the U.S. to "harass" countries opposing its policies, President Vladimir Putin said.

Putin Wants Measures to Protect BRICS Nations From U.S. Sanctions

And sanctions are precisely what the US is doing:

Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- Russia became more isolated Tuesday than it has been at any time since the end of the Cold War after new, hard-hitting sanctions were announced by the European Union and the United States, U.S. officials said.

U.S. President Barack Obama said the measures would take an "even bigger bite" out of the stagnant Russian economy than sanctions Washington and the EU had already implemented against Russia over its disputed annexation of Crimea and its support of pro-Russian rebels fighting the Ukrainian government.

U.S., EU hit Russia with more sanctions as Ukraine fighting continues

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War always has been a way to get more money. To some, amongst other things.

Maybe not always, but I think that is very true with regards to the current events and the recent sanctions by the US, as I've explained in the comments above.

But sanctions offer the powerful - those with guns and armies again - the chance to make even more money, by smuggling goods in and out of war zones and then charging high prices. Busting sanctions can be a lucrative business. "Remember, this war is about making money," explained a Sierra Leonean journalist in Freetown during that country's war, before ticking off the interests of fighters, mercenaries, peacekeepers, aid workers and other hangers-on at the war's edges. The impact of money in war, says the report, should be borne in mind by outsiders whose spending may cause inflation, whose aid may feed rebels and whose trading may prolong the fighting indefinitely.

War and Money: The Business of Conflict