Le Figaro: The French military is at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

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Soldiers from France and Britain are conducting joint exercises in Estonia. Also, the military from the USA, Germany, Canada and other NATO countries are based in the Baltics.

Nicolas Barot, a columnist for the French newspaper Le Figaro, writes about this.



All the forces concentrated in the Baltic countries regularly practice combat operations against a mock enemy, which invariably means Russia. It is she who is considered in NATO as an aggressor, hatching plans to seize Ukraine and other countries.

At the same time, the Baltic forests are simply crammed with foreign soldiers and military equipment of the North Atlantic Alliance, which is clearly much more here than is needed to ensure the security of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. At the same time, French troops training with the British on Estonian territory in close proximity to the border of the Russian Federation are at a march-throw distance from the second largest city in Russia - St. Petersburg.


And while they Tanks they practice maneuvering through the Baltic swamps, the soldiers are wary and distrustful of the locals, among whom there are many Russian and Russian-speaking citizens. Soldiers from France and Britain fear that in the event of a real armed conflict with Russia, the local population will show hostility towards NATO soldiers. Apparently, they still consider it not European enough.
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  1. +52
    22 January 2022 17: 30
    The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

    They say there are a lot of frogs in the swamps near St. Petersburg.
    Same svi shkrek) laughing
    1. +9
      22 January 2022 17: 37
      Since 2004, since the Baltic States joined NATO, "at a march distance." Another thing is that there are about 3 thousand people for each NATO military republic, and this is clearly not enough to scare us. Although it is clear that they are there only to calm the worried authorities of the Baltic states.
      1. +10
        22 January 2022 17: 57
        Quote: Orel
        it is clear that they are there only to calm the worried authorities of the Baltic states.

        They could, for greater reassurance, buy places in cemeteries in advance as a guarantee that they will not fade away like from Afghanistan.
        1. -1
          22 January 2022 18: 06
          Quote: DymOk_v_dYmke
          They could, for greater reassurance, buy places in cemeteries in advance as a guarantee that they will not fade away like from Afghanistan.


          Shed necessarily, there is a rotation every six months.
          1. 0
            24 January 2022 19: 03
            How interesting! NATO members priperlis to the borders of Russia from all over Europe, some even from another hemisphere, and the aggressor is Russia! fool negative am
        2. 0
          22 January 2022 18: 48
          Well, this requires a demonstrative spanking on our part .. that is. we need an enemy who will be demonstratively defeated - remember the year 2008
          1. -4
            22 January 2022 20: 40
            Quote: Barberry25
            Well, this requires a demonstrative spanking on our part.

            You need to throw an exemplary vigorous loaf somewhere ... the only way, there are no more fantasies ...
            1. 0
              22 January 2022 21: 02
              well, I don’t agree, a vigorous loaf is cool, but you just need to show that in an ordinary battle they will be torn
        3. -37
          22 January 2022 19: 18
          Not sure. Thanks to our "gifted" nobility, we are currently within the boundaries of the 17th century, and according to the general situation (social and economic) we are thrown back to the end of the 19th. And we must not forget that in the 2 Patriotic Wars, the French were not in the last roles in the camp of enemies, so it was Berlin and the Reichstag that defended directly with the forces of units from the Baltic states and the Charlemagne division, it was the French legionnaire who destroyed the most tanks on the streets of Berlin. Everything is not so easy and simple, you are with them yards, etc. you will fight, if something happens, but in conventional weapons not everything is so simple at all.
          1. +17
            22 January 2022 19: 50
            and the Charlemagne division directly defended Berlin and the Reichstag, it was the French legionnaire who destroyed the most tanks on the streets of Berlin. Everything is not so easy and simple, you are with them yards, etc. you will fight, if something happens, but in conventional weapons not everything is so simple at all.

            "You can believe me - I'm a Crimean, the daughter of an officer, and everything here is not so simple")))
            I can smell Izzy from a mile away.
            1. +6
              23 January 2022 14: 08
              "I can smell Izzy from a mile away"
              what did he say wrong? the Reichstag, to the last, the French defended. Charlemagne, if
              1. +2
                23 January 2022 14: 15
                what did he say wrong? the Reichstag, to the last, the French defended. Charlemagne, if

                There is such an old joke:
                How many French does it take to defend Paris? I don't know, they never tried it.
                the Reichstag, to the last, the French defended

                And they did not try to defend France?
                1. +1
                  23 January 2022 14: 52
                  "And they didn't try to defend France?"
                  It's not about France, but about the Reichstag. and yes, they tried, and they fought with the Angles, and with the amers
                  1. -6
                    23 January 2022 16: 53
                    It's not about France, but about the Reichstag. and yes, they tried, and they fought with the Angles, and with the amers

                    If it's about the French)))
                    1. +1
                      23 January 2022 18: 32
                      "If it's about the French)))"
                      that's exactly what about the french
                      1. -7
                        23 January 2022 19: 02
                        "If it's about the French)))"
                        that's exactly what about the french

                        Who could not defend Paris)))
                      2. +1
                        24 January 2022 09: 28
                        "Who failed to defend Paris"
                        France, judging by your words:
                        "And they didn't try to defend France?"
              2. +1
                24 January 2022 06: 06
                And How? Protected?
          2. +22
            22 January 2022 20: 11
            "Thanks to our "gifted" nobility, we are currently within the borders of the 17th century, and according to the general situation (social sphere and economy) we are thrown back to the end of the 19th."

            Yes, it has become hard to live in Ukraine with such "nobility" ...
            1. -5
              23 January 2022 00: 55
              So move on, what are you waiting for
          3. +7
            22 January 2022 20: 43
            Everything is not so easy and simple, you are with them yards, etc. you will fight, if something happens, but in conventional weapons not everything is so simple at all.

            What is so unusual about the French that if something happens, we become scared?
          4. +1
            22 January 2022 21: 01
            recall the size of pensions in the 19th century, and life expectancy? And what was the Internet like?
            1. 0
              23 January 2022 19: 42
              I will add: how many people had education, medical care ... how many workers had their own housing?
          5. +10
            22 January 2022 21: 11
            It's good that you're not sure. We need your uncertainty! Nowhere without you!!!
            "Thanks to our "gifted" nobility, we are currently within the borders of the 17th century"
            and what, little land?
            "... and we must not forget that in 2 domestic wars, the French were not in the last roles in the camp of enemies"
            And let's not forget that comrades from France fought in aviation, in the Normandy-Niemen unit. And what? The French fought on both sides, but remember who won? Who has won? We won!!!
            1. 0
              23 January 2022 08: 44
              And let's not forget that comrades from France fought in aviation, in the Normandy-Niemen unit. And what? The French fought on both sides, but remember who won? Who has won? We won!!!

              We don't forget. Only then our "nobility" did not have villas on the Cote d'Azur of France, children and wives did not live there. Well, yes, there were no accounts in Swiss banks.
              1. 0
                23 January 2022 10: 04
                And at the time of the war of 1812, how were things with the nobility? Fluent in French, indistinguishable from the French themselves. With relatives who ruled in the European countries. And for some reason it did not interfere with anything.
                1. 0
                  23 January 2022 15: 01
                  And at the time of the war of 1812, how were things with the nobility?

                  You better read about the Decembrists, what they rebelled against. This was the true nobility for which they went into battle in 1812.
              2. 0
                29 January 2022 23: 02
                It must have been so. Rather, it was not so that our nobility were on the Cote d'Azur. I'll explain what's pissing me off, folks. It is not necessary to reduce all questions to the social sphere
            2. +6
              23 January 2022 14: 09
              "And let's not forget that comrades from France fought in aviation, in the Normandy-Niemen unit. And what?"
              how many were there?
          6. -3
            23 January 2022 09: 58
            Map of the Moscow kingdom help you. Compare with the map of Russia.
          7. -1
            23 January 2022 13: 14
            Go eat the frog's foot
        4. 0
          22 January 2022 20: 45
          And they count on fraternal ones. So cheaper.
      2. +7
        22 January 2022 18: 06
        Quote: Orel
        Another thing is that there are about 3 thousand people for each republic of the NATO military

        For all republics.
        Another thing is that in each republic, military units, together with voluntary paramilitary units such as the Scandinavian Hemvern, will be enough for a good division of the people ....
        and this is clearly not enough to scare us

        Of course, they won’t scare them, but we only have the 6th OA there, consisting of two motorized rifle brigade (you can say one, because one of the two is deployed in Petrozavodsk) .... I’m still waiting for ours to deign to deploy a full-fledged motor rifle division there. ... it seems that after the negotiations they should have matured ...
        1. +3
          22 January 2022 19: 49
          The paramilitary units of Estonia, the so-called "partisans" are called Kaiselit. There is not a single motorized rifle brigade on the territory of Karelia, the headquarters of the 6th OA was transferred to St. Petersburg in 1998.
          1. -2
            22 January 2022 20: 07
            Quote: tatarin1972
            The paramilitary units of Estonia, the so-called "partisans" are called Kaiselit.

            I did not dispute the name, I just pointed out that they were created in the likeness of the Hemvern (in its more miserable form, because the Hemvern has all three components - NE, Air Force and Navy ...) ....
            There is not a single motorized rifle brigade on the territory of Karelia, the headquarters of the 6th OA was transferred to St. Petersburg in 1998.

            I'm sorry, her 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade was turned to bhvt .....
            216 BHiRVT (omsbr) (Petrozavodsk) - 4th omsbr

            https://dfcbkbx.livejournal.com/1626.html
            ON FEBRUARY 23, PETROZAVODSK MOTOR RIFLE BRIGADE WAS PRESENTED WITH ANOTHER TV (VIDEO)

            https://ptzgovorit.ru/content/na-23-fevralya-motostrelkovoy-brigade-petrozavodska-podarili-ocherednoy-televizor-video
            Military unit 63452. 216th military equipment storage and repair base. 185023, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, military unit 63452

            https://army-today.ru/vch/petrozavodsk
            Everything flows, everything changes, now the 6th OA still has two motorized rifle brigade (138th and 25th all - Leningrad region)
            there is no 6th bhvt in the 216th OA, which means it was disbanded ...
            I try to follow the change in the combat composition of the Armed Forces of the CIS countries and the imperialists ...
            1. +1
              22 January 2022 21: 15
              I agree that everything flows, everything changes. I think that the Estonian army and Kaiselit do not cause any fears. Yes, and reinforcement in the form of a battalion of one of the NATO countries, too.
              1. +1
                22 January 2022 21: 19
                Quote: tatarin1972
                I think that the Estonian army and Kaiselit do not cause any fears. Yes, and reinforcement in the form of a battalion of one of the NATO countries, too.

                The Balts are buying Korean SG and Finnish wheeled armored personnel carriers, new PA guns, an uneven hour will begin to purchase American-made MLRS and form TB, all this will not save them, but will divert our forces of deployed peacetime units to destroy them .... and exercises on I have not seen the deployment of new connections and the replenishment of existing ones in the "zombie box" ....
            2. 0
              23 January 2022 03: 50
              So to speak. New parts and formations are being created, but where to get people for them. It takes more than one month, or even more than one year, to create a full-fledged military unit.
              As for one march. Mole sorry, but how much is it in kilometers?
              1. -3
                23 January 2022 10: 05
                Quote: 28st region
                So to speak. New parts and formations are being created, but where to get people for them.

                From other military units. Entire formations are being created (recreated), but the staff strength of the RF Armed Forces is not increased in this case ....
                I think that an increase in the term of military service is coming (after 2024), I read in periodicals that the deadline for senior officers in the ranks of the RF Armed Forces was extended ....
                In this way, units of constant readiness are now being re-equipped, and the "frames" of the new units will be filled in / sl, V and VT after 2024, but plans for the combat use of these new units should be developed now ....
        2. 0
          22 January 2022 20: 47
          Apparently, it's time to create the Leningrad Special Military District there.
          1. -2
            22 January 2022 20: 50
            Quote: Evgeny Ivanov_5
            Apparently, it's time to create the Leningrad Special Military District there.

            Yes. From ZVO it is necessary to allocate SZVO, because the area of ​​\uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbresponsibility is too large for one ZVO ...
        3. +2
          22 January 2022 20: 48
          There, you still have the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Chernihiv Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Division standing next to Estonia.
          1. -2
            22 January 2022 20: 53
            Quote: Stepan S
            There, you still have the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Chernihiv Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Division standing next to Estonia.

            This is understandable (especially since the 3rd regiment is being deployed in it now), there are still brspn, brigades of the Russian Guard, but they all have their own tasks and they are not subordinate to the district command ...
          2. +2
            22 January 2022 21: 18
            Yes, and near Luga, rocket launchers from the OTRK, who are shooting through the entire Baltic.
      3. +2
        22 January 2022 18: 51
        hi
        And besides, Napoleon once brought them further, but what's the point?
      4. 0
        23 January 2022 02: 55
        Depict presence.
    2. -5
      22 January 2022 17: 37
      There are more snakes.
      1. +4
        22 January 2022 17: 58
        Quote: antiaircrafter
        There are more snakes.

        Exactly like the comment above. laughing
        this is clearly not enough to scare us

        Khokhlobots on armored sofas are not afraid of anything at all, except for lunch not served on time and lack of salary. Is it true, feathered one? laughing
        Cons trying to compensate, nu-nu
    3. +22
      22 January 2022 17: 39
      The main thing for a Frenchman is to find the Berezina River on the map.
      Very good for memory recovery.

      Hot on the heels of the advancing Russian troops, exhausted by partisan attacks, Napoleon advanced to the west. Kutuzov's counteroffensive led the war to victory. The enemy's strength was fading. Napoleon's hopes for food supplies, allegedly concentrated in Smolensk, did not materialize. The French ate crows and fallen horses. Later, Napoleon tried to attribute his defeat in the war of 1812 to the “elements”, in particular to frost, French bourgeois historiography, which also influenced some Russian historians of noble Russia, propagated this false statement ...

      Well, they don't remember anything.
      1. +4
        22 January 2022 17: 45
        It was a glorious battle. Not for frogs))
        Well, here, as they say, we can recall))
      2. +19
        22 January 2022 19: 08
        There is an old joke:
        How many French does it take to defend Paris.
        I don't know, they never did."
    4. +5
      22 January 2022 17: 42
      Our toads are not tasty. recourse Not like the elite French .. wink
      1. +6
        22 January 2022 17: 47
        When, during the retreat, the grub of the French will end, and Russian toads with warts will do for them))
    5. +6
      22 January 2022 17: 58
      Quote: Sands Career General
      They say there are a lot of frogs in the swamps near St. Petersburg.

      The war will begin, there will also be bearded men with axes ...
      1. +2
        22 January 2022 18: 09
        "Whoever comes to us with a sword - he will immediately receive it in a plowshare .." (c) Attributed to Alexander Yaroslavich.
    6. +4
      22 January 2022 18: 30
      Quote: General of the Sand Quarries
      The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

      That's why in St. Petersburg they don't clean the roads from snow! Let the French try to poke their noses! ))) And how is the temperature there? For the French - 5 is already a natural disaster! Well, try your forced march ... how many meters will you be enough for? )))
      1. +3
        22 January 2022 18: 59
        Quote: Egoza
        That's why in St. Petersburg they don't clean the roads from snow!

        In the neighboring yard, the manager waved shovels all day. Getting ready to meet.
        1. +5
          23 January 2022 02: 09
          Quote: antiaircrafter
          Quote: Egoza
          That's why in St. Petersburg they don't clean the roads from snow!

          In the neighboring yard, the manager waved shovels all day. Getting ready to meet.

          Collaborators are damned laughing in your office work
    7. AUL
      +2
      22 January 2022 18: 40
      Soldiers from France and Britain fear that in the event of a real armed conflict with Russia, the local population will show hostility towards NATO soldiers.
      Apparently, the French genetic memory woke up. And rightly so. Then, on the way to Paris, they ate all the dead horses, but now this will not happen either. And it’s useless to chew on tires - they are not nutritious!
    8. +1
      22 January 2022 19: 11
      Quote: General of the Sand Quarries
      They say there are a lot of frogs in the swamps near St. Petersburg.
      Same svi shkrek)

      In Estonia, there are only swamps, frogs in bulk, the French will not die of hunger.
    9. +1
      22 January 2022 20: 01
      Yes, you are right and we have a lot of swamps for ("storage") of their equipment, and there are a lot of frogs in the bolts. They are rightly afraid of their backs, and the front will not be left behind.
    10. +1
      22 January 2022 20: 10
      Le Figaro: The French military is at a marching distance from St. Petersburg
      I remember that someone with a mustache and bangs was already yelling that "we have one throw left to the Volga River in Stalingrad" ...
    11. 0
      22 January 2022 22: 34
      And the politicians say the Russians will attack Paris!
    12. 0
      23 January 2022 11: 54
      Quote: Sands Career General
      The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

      They say there are a lot of frogs in the swamps near St. Petersburg.
      Same svi shkrek) laughing

      So let them come! There are many zucchini in St. Petersburg, you can even find Burgunsky, especially the main D'artagnan lives here. Let's meet. And if we get impudent in St. Petersburg, you won’t spoil ... laughing
  2. +2
    22 January 2022 17: 31
    soldiers are wary and distrustful of the locals, among whom there are many Russian and Russian-speaking citizens. Soldiers from France and Britain fear that in the event of a real armed conflict with Russia, the local population will show hostility towards NATO soldiers.

    And they rightly fear
    It would be nice to scare them with something
    1. +2
      22 January 2022 20: 43
      Just a couple of partisan operations (ambushes + sabotage) of the people's Chekists - and the French and the British will get to know the character of the Russians well ... Better yet, let them ask around the German veterans.
  3. +29
    22 January 2022 17: 32
    They do not even closely perceive how our Slavic blood boils with memories of besieged Leningrad. Therefore, even the very definition of a march in this direction can cost them dearly.
    1. +2
      22 January 2022 17: 38
      .... the Baltic forests are simply crammed with foreign soldiers and military equipment of the North Atlantic Alliance .....

      And at the same time, they spoiled the flora and fauna of the Baltic forests, where the "greens", the ecologists of these countries, look.
      1. +3
        22 January 2022 18: 52
        Quote: frruc
        And at the same time, they spoiled the flora and fauna of the Baltic forests, where the "greens", the ecologists of these countries, look.

        And the Christmas trees were all broken to camouflage tanks. Where is Greenpeace? Greta Thunberg?
    2. +9
      22 January 2022 18: 04
      But because specifically for the blockade (for the death of hundreds of thousands of civilians) they were not tried and hanged. Because they "forgave", but did not destroy the entire command staff. Then they would remember.
      Our weakness is in our kindness.
    3. -1
      23 January 2022 14: 18
      "how our Slavic blood boils with memories"
      let your blood boil as you please. decisions are made by the general partner from the bunker. And he won't be in a big hurry. Well, maybe another ultimatum will be announced. or two
      1. +1
        23 January 2022 15: 01
        You are right that at my level I will make a decision without a doubt.
  4. +13
    22 January 2022 17: 32
    Are they immortal? Where does such courage come from?
    1. +3
      22 January 2022 17: 46
      This is not courage, this is hopelessness. Suicide bombers ... And the locals, by tradition, will help.
  5. +15
    22 January 2022 17: 32
    Frenchmen, you yourself will dismantle the Eiffel Tower on metal or I will come with Ashot.
    1. +1
      22 January 2022 20: 16
      Quote: tralflot1832
      Frenchmen, you yourself will dismantle the Eiffel Tower on metal or I will come with Ashot.

      So what winked the idea is good.
      The cost of the Eiffel Tower, if you pass for metal: The price of ferrous metal varies from region to region.
      I do not monitor the scrap metal market, so for an approximate calculation I will take an average minimum of 11 rubles per kilogram.
      The mass of the Eiffel Tower is 10 kg.
      Of these, the mass of metal structures is 7 kg.
      7 x 300r/kg. = 000 rubles. ($11) good
      1. 0
        22 January 2022 20: 45
        Multiply by 2.5, we have already had 25 rubles for a year.
        But it’s better to hand it over there as a historical metal value, and without dismantling good
        1. +1
          22 January 2022 20: 51
          Quote: Mitroha
          Multiply by 2.5, we have already had 25 rubles for a year.

          Wow belay
          So much the worse for the Eiffel Tower laughing
          1. +1
            22 January 2022 21: 21
            There is another option, the village of Paris is changing towers. The village of Paris, Chelyabinsk region.
      2. +1
        22 January 2022 21: 15
        23 rubles in Sochi, and if as a product from 50 to 70 rubles.
    2. 0
      22 January 2022 20: 47
      I will answer instead of the French: "Better come with Tofig"
  6. +7
    22 January 2022 17: 34
    So much screaming and tantrums. And all for the sake of some kind of Ukraine. Countries with cheap labor.
    1. Alf
      +2
      22 January 2022 18: 12
      Quote: Andrey Nikolaevich
      Countries with cheap labor.

      That's what the Europeans need sharovarshchina for.
  7. +8
    22 January 2022 17: 34
    At the same time, French troops training with the British on Estonian territory in close proximity to the border of the Russian Federation are at a march distance from the second largest city in Russia - St. Petersburg.

    Did these paddling pools pay indemnities to Russia for 1812?
    Russian missiles are a few minutes away from the forests where the soldiers are buried, and they are thinking about some forced marches... fool
    What will you row from there?
  8. +13
    22 January 2022 17: 35
    French troops training with the British on Estonian territory in the immediate vicinity of the Russian border are at a marching distance from ....
    There is another theory - if the “movement” starts, they will even have nowhere to run recourse
    1. +1
      22 January 2022 17: 52
      Well, why, drown in the Baltic Sea ...
      1. +3
        22 January 2022 20: 06
        Quote: faiver
        Well, why, drown in the Baltic Sea ...

        Do not feel sorry for the French, do not feel sorry lol I think they will freeze before they get to the water
        1. 0
          22 January 2022 20: 54
          Quote: Pete Mitchell
          Quote: faiver
          Well, why, drown in the Baltic Sea ...

          Do not feel sorry for the French, do not feel sorry lol I think they will freeze before they get to the water

          The faster you run, the less you freeze Yes

          hi Welcome
  9. +11
    22 January 2022 17: 43
    Just don’t tell them that there are guys in blue berets near Pskov who can kick you all the way to Paris
    1. +4
      22 January 2022 20: 11
      Quote: Lendrom
      near Pskov there are guys in blue berets who can kick you all the way to Paris
      There, next to the “blue berets”, there are those who, in which case, the signs on the roads will redirect in time to
      Quote: faiver
      drown in the Baltic Sea...
  10. +9
    22 January 2022 17: 44
    Soldiers from France and Britain fear that in the event of a real armed conflict with Russia, the local population will show hostility towards NATO soldiers.

    And they will definitely show up. At least look at the photo for the article - "I've been picking mushrooms here all my life, and these all-European helpers MY MUSHROOMS ARE CRUSHING BY A TANK." Get it, you bastards!!!
  11. +1
    22 January 2022 17: 50
    Thanks for the hint, we will move the border to the English Channel.
  12. +5
    22 January 2022 17: 50
    Quote: Sands Career General
    The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

    They say there are a lot of frogs in the swamps near St. Petersburg.
    Same svi shkrek) laughing


    These are our frogs, our swamps and our people live where these descendants of Bonaparte train, so it’s right, let them look around, but it’s better to go home to eat their frogs and teach history. laughing Yes
    1. +10
      22 January 2022 18: 30
      Quote: sledak
      that's right, let them look around, but it's better to go back home to eat their frogs and teach history.

      Pskov region. Night winter forest. A detachment of British and French commandos makes their way through windbreaks, forest notches and wolf pits with horse traps .... from behind, against the background of the Moon, bayonets and axes of unknown bearded people shine, and the eyes of wolves and bears shine on the flanks, you can only go forward, rare falling on the way "kind" people turn out to be "Susanins" ....
      So to get the opportunity to get away for the empirialists will only be a dream to be earned ....
      1. +3
        22 January 2022 19: 08
        laughed at the good evening .... plus for the post ...
  13. -6
    22 January 2022 17: 51
    And Mr. Lavrov is more concerned about Bulgaria and Romania .. You can’t do anything with the Baltic states .. - they seem to be in NATO ..
    1. +3
      22 January 2022 18: 02
      Quote: Dikson
      And Mr. Lavrov is more concerned about Bulgaria and Romania .. You can’t do anything with the Baltic states .. - they seem to be in NATO ..


      “We are talking about the withdrawal of foreign forces, equipment and weapons and other steps in order to return to the configuration as of 1997 on the territory of countries that were not NATO members on the specified date. These include both Bulgaria and Romania"

      that is, this condition applies not only to Romania and Bulgaria
    2. +6
      22 January 2022 18: 19
      Quote: Dikson
      You can’t do anything with the Baltic states .. - they seem to be in NATO ..

      All military units and divisions of the Armed Forces of the Baltic states and the imperialists on their territory, this is one large camp of armed prisoners of war ...
      In the Mordovian camps they will be met, as "relatives" do not worry, are you here on a "procedural" issue?
    3. +1
      22 January 2022 20: 55
      And Mr. Lavrov is more concerned about Bulgaria and Romania .. You can’t do anything with the Baltic states .. - they seem to be in NATO ..

      Bulgaria has been in NATO since March 29, 2004.
      As is Romania.
      You are not only ignorant, but also lazy. minus you
      1. -2
        23 January 2022 06: 10
        Yes, at least minus .. dear. - it's not at all about who among them joined NATO when, Take a ruler and measure it on a map .. - which is closer to St. Petersburg, Estonia or Romania .. Your talent is enough for this, right? Well, tell me, what is the deepest logic in Mr. Lavrov's demand? What, missiles and troops hostile to us are safer in Estonia than in Romania? However, what's the difference now .. - since China has invited Russia to sit exactly without arranging any wars, then we will sit .. For if the Chinese also decide to fight with us, we are definitely tryndets ...) Lived .. or rather, made friends with "partners" ..
    4. -2
      23 January 2022 01: 59
      The Nazi regimes of the Baltic States did not hold referendums on joining the NAT, so the legitimacy of this entry is highly doubtful.
  14. +6
    22 January 2022 17: 52
    Le Figaro: The French military is at a marching distance from St. Petersburg
    . I won’t say about the Canadians, but everyone else has already come and ... most of them have remained lying in our land, FOREVER !!!
    Here's what to say to ignoramuses / those who have forgotten their history too ... well, they are all deb / B / silt.
    1. +6
      22 January 2022 18: 46
      They don't know history and that's bad...
      Greetings! hi
      1. +3
        22 January 2022 20: 00
        Hi soldier
        So their rulers also tried to turn their brains all in one direction they needed.
        There is no way to call those peoples victims of circumstances, they themselves, themselves condoned this.
        Now they themselves will sip it and will, some, even with joy.
        Completely screwed up.
      2. +1
        22 January 2022 20: 57
        Quote: cniza
        They don't know history and that's bad...
        Greetings! hi

        So in these forests they will get "bad" Yes

        hi
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  16. +2
    22 January 2022 17: 58
    The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg
    - and a lot of those soldiers? And most importantly, are you ready to die?
  17. +1
    22 January 2022 17: 58
    .The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

    A magnificent fact for Monsieur Lavrov during the negotiations over Russian aggression.
    And, by the way, for this "fact" it is possible to deprive the entire Foreign Ministry of bonuses - this is already for the President.
  18. +2
    22 January 2022 18: 14
    The main thing is to have somewhere to return to France. Fucking strategists.
  19. +4
    22 January 2022 18: 15
    fools run before it's too late
    1. +2
      22 January 2022 20: 58
      Quote: singless
      fools run before it's too late

      Yes, they still have a head start, this is the time of the Olympics in China.
  20. +2
    22 January 2022 18: 28
    Most likely, the Baltic swamps are the most swampy swamps of all swamps, saturated with various nutritious vegetation such as mushrooms, moss, and most importantly, the gas released into the atmosphere by a wonderful place, all kinds of tourists will eat (breathe) the gifts of natural, and then treat the locals with distrust , which, with a rake on a hump, can once again heat another for drunken antics and trampled beds. The area is unfamiliar, the inhabitants who inhabit it drive away from themselves with a trench tool, the stars are not visible, they do not know how to work with a compass, the navigator cannot find the network. So the poor fellows are wandering, lost their way. recourse request
  21. +6
    22 January 2022 18: 29
    The French military once were even in Moscow. But after that, the word "sharomyzhnik" appeared in Russian, and "bistro" in French. The next time, a Russian word may appear in the French lexicon among the surviving Frankovoyak, which cannot be used in VO.
    1. +1
      22 January 2022 19: 14
      a Russian word may appear that cannot be used in VO.
      ....... arctic fox chtol ... so you can ... a noble but shrill beast
    2. +3
      22 January 2022 19: 19
      They already have the expression "Berezina", expressing the extreme degree of extremeness))
  22. +5
    22 January 2022 18: 45
    Soldiers from France and Britain fear that in the event of a real armed conflict with Russia, the local population will show hostility towards NATO soldiers.


    They are rightly afraid, because you came to us and are trying to dictate your values, which make us sick ...
  23. +5
    22 January 2022 19: 30
    The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg


    At one time they were in Moscow, but how did it all end? laughing

  24. +1
    22 January 2022 19: 44
    Quote: General of the Sand Quarries
    The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

    And they are ready to run into an explosion of a tactical thermo-nuclear munition on the spot
    invasion of Russian territory from Estonia? To hell with her, Estonia. Without liquor
    "Vana Tallin" will do.
    Quote: bya965
    How many French does it take to defend Paris.

    Prince Wittgenstein has entered Paris
    delivered the "Kryzh" to the French ...
  25. +5
    22 January 2022 19: 49
    It's been a long time since these sorcerers shied away from the roads of Russia. So they forgot that in winter the toads sleep in our area, but the cudgel of the people's war knows no seasons.
  26. 0
    22 January 2022 20: 23
    ass anre le kutu the swamps are frozen already go hungry
  27. 0
    22 January 2022 20: 33
    And that they defeated us too ???!!! The Germans said in 1945. That's why these French were taken into the company of the winners? Let them already attack and impose all the sanctions that they can, Zadolbali honestly! Urine goats...in!
  28. -1
    22 January 2022 20: 35
    And what march will they run to France laughing
  29. 0
    22 January 2022 20: 42
    The French, as far as I remember, had already made a forced march to Moscow. Only then they quickly fled to the very city of Paris ...
  30. 0
    22 January 2022 20: 49
    The impudent Saxons will still resist, and the frogs will scatter!
    March distance, it's like in a parade, but let them try to stick their heads in! (((
  31. 0
    22 January 2022 20: 54
    I've been reading this for years...
    But that's bullshit...
    The United States will never fight so close to the border of the Russian Federation, because otherwise it will entail a colossal land loss, which in political terms will be multiplied by 10.
  32. +2
    22 January 2022 20: 58
    "... The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg ..."
    And the finger of the operational duty officer is a centimeter away from the panic button. Shall we measure distances?
  33. 0
    22 January 2022 21: 21
    The French with their retinue have already visited, was it not enough?
  34. +1
    22 January 2022 21: 37
    are at a marching distance from the second largest city in Russia - St. Petersburg.


    Many thought so. Not everyone got there. Nobody returned.
  35. +1
    22 January 2022 22: 11
    Let the French read about the blockade of Leningrad .... and blame it ....
  36. +2
    22 January 2022 22: 56
    all sorts of ports are being built there - prisoners of war are very needed
  37. +2
    22 January 2022 23: 39
    And the French military, of course, do not plan to return to France after this "march"? Indeed, why, if this does not happen.
    1. 0
      22 January 2022 23: 46
      They will forever remain in our land
  38. +2
    22 January 2022 23: 44
    I don’t think that NATO warriors can risk setting foot on Russian soil, otherwise the answer will fly not to Estonia, but directly to Paris and London
  39. +1
    23 January 2022 00: 26
    Quote: Sands Career General
    The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

    They say there are a lot of frogs in the swamps near St. Petersburg.
    Same svi shkrek) laughing

    And there are also places for the corpses of frogs
  40. +1
    23 January 2022 01: 06
    The French military are at a marching distance from St. Petersburg
    Napoleon was in Moscow at all, and how did it all end for France?
    Something VO broke up: either Spanish planes, or French military ... it looks like all of Europe will be ours.
  41. +2
    23 January 2022 01: 44
    There have already been such people here, and more than once ... they also thought that a march was at a distance. Yes, it somehow dragged on for them, and then, in general, everything went awry. History teaches nothing or what, gentlemen, gay people?
  42. +1
    23 January 2022 02: 26
    Covering them with one thermal projectile is a good geoposition.
  43. 0
    23 January 2022 03: 38
    You'll choke on your own blood if you try to rip
  44. -1
    23 January 2022 05: 02
    First Tornado-S, then Tornado-G, then SU-34, and only then to pinch and helicopter. Ships to dagger and zirconium, for now Brussels to calibrate, zirconium if necessary. Pinocchiate Lithuania especially carefully, others as needed. Burn all their electronics down to the last diode so that nothing starts and does not spoil the environment. There are original solutions for this, tested at individual points.
  45. 0
    23 January 2022 08: 07
    and the Germans and the French have already seen Moscow and St. Petersburg through binoculars, so what? there is a place for mass graves.
  46. +1
    23 January 2022 09: 41
    Yes, sofa patriots gave free rein to their humor, about the French and other NATO members. Okay, they laughed, well, now that's not a laughing matter. From Narva to St. Petersburg, at the sign for 120 kilometers, along the Tallinn-St. Petersburg highway. To the rapidly building port of Ust-Luga, from the coast of Estonia in a straight line, 30 kilometers. So that it was clear. And you also need to know the history of the Second World War, and that ours near Narva had to fight very hard, from February 44, to September. And, in the west, they consider the battles near Narva to be the battle of European ss, so the French are not the first to be there. Yes, there were enough SS Europeans in the division
    'nordland
    ', there were plenty of all sorts of Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Dutch, Walloons and other Vikings, plus the 20th ss division, purely Estonian, and there was still enough European riff-raff.
    These are the "brave Swedes", then there were
    And these are those who drove them into the ground into the ground .. forever
    So, at the present time, it will not be difficult to transfer tens of thousands of Varangians, especially the Baltic, which is no longer completely controlled by the Russian Federation. These pies are obtained, not good. As for the Pskovians, they won’t break either, the Riga direction is open, and there are also Varangians. Yes, if they bring with them some kind of missile systems, like Pershing-2, then it will be very bad, from Riga to Moscow, about 900 kilometers, in a straight line. Laughter is not funny. The red line has long been passed, but the president only saw it. And the rest, Georgia, Little Russia, there are already consequences.
  47. -3
    23 January 2022 10: 20
    Le Figaro: The French military is at a marching distance from St. Petersburg

    Funny, however)). .. Last time, when it came to Moscow, almost all Figaros managed to go there, but by no means all of them managed to run back.
    Those Figaros who were able to run back to France were even fewer, or rather, very few.
    But they were overtaken. As a result, the main Figaro was exiled for all his tricks, but many bistros appeared in France, where modern Figaros go with pleasure and do not suspect where the very word in the name - "bistro" came from.
    With St. Petersburg today, everything will be much simpler - in any case, all Figaros will remain exactly in the place where they are now warming their hooves: in the first case, they are alive, but not the fact that they are healthy; in the second - instantly dead ...
    I suggest to all Figaros (and the Elysees too) to begin to think as soon as possible what corresponds to what here.
  48. -1
    23 January 2022 11: 32
    In the meantime, they report
    "In accordance with the training plan for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2022, in January-February, a series of naval exercises are being conducted in all areas of responsibility of the fleets under the general supervision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov," the report says.

    "The exercises will cover the waters of the seas adjacent to Russian territory, as well as operationally important areas of the World Ocean. Separate exercises will be held in the waters of the Mediterranean, North, Okhotsk Seas, in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean," the ministry said.

    The ministry noted that it is planned to involve more than 140 warships and support vessels, more than 60 aircraft, 1000 units of military equipment, and about 10 military personnel to participate in the events.

    Our landing will be one step away from the "march-jump" to France, while they will defend Estonia that no one needs. laughing drinks
  49. 0
    23 January 2022 11: 50
    A vigorous loaf in the English Channel and half of Europe is out ... but they won’t let them in one at a time ... immediately in bulk for 10.
  50. -1
    23 January 2022 12: 49
    Well, and who heats up the atmosphere of joint friendly coexistence? Of course, RF. How dare they have joint borders with Kurdish. Again, in the minds of European politicians, the dream-idea of ​​resettling the remaining Russians beyond the Urals is nurtured?? Have you read Goebels?
  51. +1
    23 January 2022 13: 00
    This is good, otherwise you’ll have to catch them in Estonian farmsteads later.
  52. 0
    23 January 2022 16: 40
    De Gaulle left NATO when he was shown (somewhere near St. Petersburg) missiles aimed at Paris. And the headquarters of Nata was then in Paris.
  53. 0
    23 January 2022 17: 44
    Oh, why are you, beautiful Paris, seething with thermonuclear hell...
  54. 0
    23 January 2022 18: 14
    And then... to Smolensk and along the well-known route... laughing
  55. 0
    23 January 2022 18: 44
    Funny people. They must remember 2 things well:
    1. Their colleagues from the 3rd Reich also thought so. There were many fascists from France.
    2. Germany took France faster than Pavlov’s house. There is so much lighter meat at 100 meters that you can lay it out in 3 layers.
    And they were going on forced marches of 100+ km to make Heroes...
  56. 0
    24 January 2022 00: 35
    And they think so correctly.
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  58. -1
    24 January 2022 13: 28

    In Russia, after the flight of Napoleonic troops, about 200 thousand prisoners remained (including about 50 generals). There were so many prisoners of the Grand Army that they became something of a souvenir.


    According to scattered data from historians, of the 200 thousand captured French by April 1815, only 30 thousand returned to France. Some died unable to withstand the shock, but many remained, accepting Russian citizenship. In Moscow and the Moscow province alone in 1837 there were 3229 former French prisoners of war.

    But there were also those who were carried even to Siberia.

    https://runivers.ru/doc/patriotic_war/articles/452516/
  59. 0
    24 January 2022 19: 54
    Are Napoleon's laurels haunting the geranthophile?
  60. 0
    24 January 2022 23: 23
    Zhe ne mange pas sis jour
  61. 0
    25 January 2022 06: 15
    It would be great if this newspaper would also remember about the Cossacks who were carousing on the Champs Elyseevsky, do you think this won’t happen again?