Brexit: Russia’s comfort level rises, US loses Eurasian plot
If there is a tide in the affairs of men, as Brutus said in William Shakespeares play Julius Caesar, it must be the same in the affairs of nations, too.
Less than a week ago, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was creeping toward the borders of Russia and relentlessly provoking it, but the tide abruptly turned on Friday. Eurasian politics will never be the same again after Brexit.
Only last Wednesday, while addressing the Russian Duma in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin took Russias political elites into confidence that the nation was facing once again a menace on its borders similar to the Nazi invasion exactly 75 years ago.
However, two days later in Tashkent, Putin spoke calmly and in a detached tone, when asked for his reaction to Brexit. But he hinted he is insightful enough to recognize the opportunity brought up by fate. Putin said:
Brexit will have consequences for both Britain and Europe as a whole and will inevitably have global effects
both positive and negative;
Time will tell whether there will be more pluses or minuses;
Brexit will impact market and currencies, but a global upheaval is unlikely;
Apropos sanctions against Russia, if EU countries are ready for constructive dialogue, Moscow will be not only ready we seek it and we will respond positively to positive initiatives;
Having said that, Russia has limits since the onus on the implementation of the Minsk accord on Ukraine lies with Kiev and without them, we can do nothing.
http://atimes.com/2016/06/brexit-russias-comfort-level-rises-us-loses-eurasian-plot/