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Russian President Vladimir Putin on 23 December held an annual press conference with a special focus on Russo-American talks over security guarantees on NATO's non-enlargement. CSM correspondent Fred Weir and international affairs analyst Gilbert Doctorow have explained what is behind Putin's message to NATO.President Putin emphasised on 23 December that national security is Russia's number one priority, condemning Western countries for breaking their vow that NATO would not expand eastward.
"For now we see through a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." - 1 Corinthians 13:12, The Epistles of Paul, the Holy BibleThe 'Smart City' will be reintroduced as the better option, in the present age of artificial supply-line disasters, manufactured 'cyber-terrorism', closing off access to banking, and critical infrastructure.
Charlie Walsham is the pseudonym of a BBC News employee who has worked at the Corporation for several years. No fee has been paid for this article.I have been a BBC journalist for many years, and in that time I have been committed to impartiality and the corporation's Reithian values to inform and educate. My despair about the BBC's one-sided coverage of the pandemic though has been steadily growing for some time. And in early December, as I listened to a BBC radio broadcast, I felt the corporation reach a new low.
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