[신냉전 가속] ④ Russia and China jointly respond to US pressure.

Russia is also facing a serious showdown with the West, including the United States. The “second cold war” is serious enough to be appropriate.

Russia and China, which struggled to form a single unit against the United States due to territorial disputes and ideological conflicts during the Cold War era, now face the United States on the basis of the highest level of honeymoon relationships in China. the history.

The worsening conflict between the United States and Russia was predicted early with the inauguration of the American administration in January by Joe Biden.

Unlike former President Donald Trump, who personally insisted on improving relations with Russia, President Biden defined Russia as the “ greatest threat to the United States ” and predicted a hard line.

He also warned of sanctions against Russia in relation to human rights issues in Russia, Russia’s subsequent intervention in the US presidential elections and allegations of hacking in US institutions, and the construction of a ‘Nort Stream-2’ gas pipeline that connects Russia and Germany.

Some sanctions have already been implemented.

The Biden administration previously concluded on 2 this month that the Russian government is behind an attempt to poison opposition activist Alexey Navalni, and sanctioned senior Russian officials, research institutes, security agencies and businesses.

The European Union (EU) also reached out to the United States and imposed sanctions on top Russian officials in the Navalni case on the same day.

Subsequently, the United States National Intelligence Service (DNI) wrote a report in which it stated that Russia was working to elect former President Trump and defeat the then Democratic Party candidate in the presidential elections last year, as in the 2016 US presidential election.

In connection with the report, President Biden warned of additional sanctions in an interview with his country’s ABC broadcaster on the 17th, saying that Russia will have to pay the price for intervening in the US presidential elections.

Biden went one step further and set the day in the Kremlin by answering “yes” to an ABC reporter’s question about viewing President Putin as a “murderer.”

Although no further explanation was given, it was interpreted as a response based on the judgment that Putin was involved in the Navalni addiction case.

The Russian government summoned its ambassador to the US to fully reexamine US-Russian relations, and Putin suggested a public “ face-to-face discussion ” video to discuss what’s wrong with Biden.

The US “persecution of Russia” is taking place simultaneously with widespread pressure on China’s human rights issues in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet, as well as on economic and military issues.

Russia and China are condemning the tough line of action of the Biden regime as a ‘unilateral illegal act based on’ American supremacy ‘and are strengthening their will to confront it. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have maintained an unprecedented friendship and strengthened strategic solidarity between China and Russia to cope with pressure from the United States.

However, the two countries are poised to further strengthen mutual cooperation in line with the escalating US offensive.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who visited China for two days starting on the 22nd to mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Friendship Treaty this year, met with Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China, on the 23rd in a special atmosphere of friendship.

After the talks, Ravrov took aim at the United States and said: “Interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states under the pretext of promoting democratization is unacceptable.”

“We reject the unilateral illegal sanctions that are increasingly used by our Western colleagues,” Ravrov said. “We will do everything possible to ensure that relations between Russia and China are not threatened by countries hostile to both countries.”

Wang also raised his voice in the talks, saying: “You should know that the era is over when a small number of Western powers are lying and the era of arbitrarily interfering in China’s internal affairs.”

After his visit to China, Secretary Labrov also visits Korea, where he has visited the US Secretary of State and Defense.

Although the bilateral relations consultation is the main purpose of the visit, there appears to be an intention to “ go behind the scenes ” to avoid the situation where Korea is deeply involved in the US deterrence policy between China and Russia.

Before his visit to Korea, in a video interview with Yonhap News, Ravrov strongly criticized the US “Indo-Pacific Strategy” as a “blockade” attempt aimed at restricting a specific state, and was suspicious of Korean involvement.

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