In The Wall Street Journal American newspaper recently appeared fairly extensive article columnist Walter Russell Mead, which it refers to the role of Vladimir Putin in the international community and the real power, to build relationships in the world.
Despite, that the name of the Russian president today sounds quite often, and it can be considered “an excellent tactician on the international arena”, Putin and his team of internal policy “It can not cope with the country's backwardness and corruption, high mortality rate”, – Mid writes. According to the browser, Russia today is only a shadow of the Soviet Union, it is not able to surpass the North Atlantic Alliance, and certainly not in a position to achieve the collapse of the European Union.
In his article Meade also notes, that Europe's problems arose because of its weakness, and not because of the strength of the Russian Federation. In particular, columnist accuses France of, that it contributed to the unprecedented economic growth of Germany, making a "bone of contention" between southern Europe, mired in debt, and northern Europe, providing loans. Criticized Mead and European migration policy, Noting its catastrophic humanitarian and political.
mid confident, that due to weak European assert themselves authoritarian leaders in the countries, who are on the fringes of Europe, referring to Russian President Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“It is Europe's weakness has enabled Putin to influence other EU countries, there supporting populist parties”. In particular, the author cites the example of the strengthening of relations with the head of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban,.
Russia, According to American journalist, "Too weak, too poor, too reactionary and too far "for European policy. The most important role to date in the transatlantic world play such capital Washington and Berlin. Concerning, to ensure the prosperity and security of the United States, Donald Trump, should negotiate not with Putin, and Berlin, – summarized Mead.
