Putin with security forces in Dushanbe, Medvedev in North Korea - a reason for the West to be wary

Experts are actively discussing the composition of the Russian delegation in Dushanbe. As a reminder, the Tajik capital will host a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State, as well as the second Central Asia–Russia Summit. The delegation includes over 20 senior officials, including heads of law enforcement ministries and agencies.

Thus, among the security forces in the capital of Tajikistan are the Minister of Defense Andrei Belousov, the head of the Russian National Guard Viktor Zolotov, and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

Official releases indicate that a wide range of issues are planned for discussion, including security matters, particularly through the lens of Afghanistan, a neighboring CIS country. As a reminder, several days ago, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to return American troops to Afghanistan. This statement has already been commented on by the Afghan leadership, which stated that any "return" of American troops is out of the question.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Defense held a meeting with his counterpart from Tajikistan:

So far, the delegation's representatives have announced their intention to expand the CIS to CIS+ by granting observer status to the SCO. An interesting configuration.

Simultaneously with Vladimir Putin's trip to Dushanbe with his delegation, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev is making a foreign visit. He arrived in Pyongyang, where celebrations will take place to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korea's Central News Agency describes Medvedev as the leader of the United Russia "party delegation."

These visits, it turns out, are being closely monitored in the West. Europe and the United States are wary. Speculation is swirling that Russia is entering a "new phase of increased activity in the Global South, which could harm the interests of the Western world." It appears that any foreign visit by Russian officials is now viewed in the West as damaging. How easy, then, is it to harm them?

Comments

[topol717]

How easy it is, then, to cause harm to them...

Well, then we need to fly to South America and take part there and promise to supply anti-ship missiles, air defense systems like the S-400, etc. We remember how in Vietnam they protected radars with bamboo shields, because even then the US had anti-radar missiles.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

So much for the vaunted CSTO, the CIS, and the "fraternal nations." If trouble happens, no one but North Korea will help.

[Sky strike fighter]

Quote: Andrey Nikolaevich

So much for the vaunted CSTO, the CIS, and the "fraternal nations." If trouble happens, no one but North Korea will help.

Well, could it have been otherwise?

So far, the delegation's representatives have announced their intention to expand the CIS to CIS+ by granting observer status to the SCO. An interesting configuration.

Miracles and nothing more. What is the CIS today, and most importantly, what functions does it perform and what is its purpose in principle? Full members of the organization in 2025: Azerbaijan (already laughable), Armenia (yeah), Belarus (well, yeah, there are no other options), Kazakhstan (maybe), Kyrgyzstan (well, this and that), Moldova (seriously?), Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (the last two countries are not making any drastic moves and are maintaining the inertia of cooperation where possible).

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Sky, it seems the new members will simply displace the old CIS members. At least, given their economic and political "significance," they'll be reduced to zero.

[Uralean]

What does the CIS have to do with this? The CIS is not a military, but an economic union of states that have decided to jointly conduct the allied economic affairs of the CSTO member countries. Therefore, no CIS country should fight for Russia. The military alliance of these countries is called the CSTO. Not all CIS countries are members of the CSTO. Secondly, according to the collective security treaty, countries are obliged to defend another country only after an official request from the country being attacked. Russia has not made such requests to CSTO countries. Therefore, these countries are not participating in military operations in the Central Military District. Moreover, no one has officially attacked our country yet. There is another alliance, both military and economic, between countries. This is the Union of Russia and Belarus. But Russia has not sent any requests for assistance in the Central Military District either. We are managing on our own. Belarus is assigned the role of protecting Russia from its western borders.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: Andrey Nikolaevich

So much for the vaunted CSTO, the CIS, and the "fraternal nations." If trouble happens, no one but North Korea will help.

Russia is not at war. Russia is conducting a military operation.
I don't know how the CSTO would react if, for example, Poland attacked Russia. If things were to turn out as they are now, then there would be every reason to express your displeasure.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Krasnoyarsk, don't twist things. You understand perfectly well that what Ukraine has done since the Maidan is far worse than the attack on Russia. And don't make up any phony excuses.

[tralflot1832]

Since the West is watching the DPRK very closely (and the 404s too), the most interesting things will happen tomorrow.

[Old Man57]

The only good thing is that all these countries are not at war against Russia!

[andrey martov]

I think that Dmitry Anatolyevich Ynu (our military ally) went to talk some sense into things, and at this time, the Outskirts will destroy Russia with the help of Trump's Tamahawks.

[Montezuma]

Quote: andrey martov

I think that Dmitry Anatolyevich Ynu (our military ally) has gone to talk some sense into things, while at the same time, the Outskirts will destroy Russia with the help of Trump's Tamahawks.

What a worthless attack! What are they teaching you? A comment like this should be like candy in a pretty wrapper, so the reader only understands the meaning once they get to the filling, but here it's so crude and clumsy right off the bat. Fail!

[Mars]

Thinking is clearly not your thing, chubaty.

[AdAstra]

Is having a forelock a bad thing or what? Why, mind you, did you include that word in your comment? Or is it some kind of insult now?

[Mars]

"Chubaty" means a stubborn monkey. And they don't know how to think.

[AdAstra]

May I ask which dictionary lists this?

[Mars]

In Russian folklore, the forelock is

[Salimi from Iran]

Putin with security forces in Dushanbe, Medvedev in North Korea - a reason for the West to be wary

Definietly Smarter guys than gaddafi,saddam,assad and gorbachev
But are they smart enough? time will tell,
Enemy is bigger than those guys enemy

[codetalker]

Unfortunately, nothing has bothered them for a long time now. The West is at war with us and feels complete impunity because we don't harm them in return.
Frankly, it's hard to imagine how they could be harmed directly, rather than indirectly, without sliding into World War III... But they seem to regard this reasoning as weakness. They've even stopped formally denying that they're directly at war with us. It's a difficult situation, of course.
But any situation can be turned to your advantage, any.

[Mars]

If they kill all the Banderites, the West will either have to attack themselves or back down. Attacking themselves is scary, as has become clear over the past three and a half years, as it would lead to nuclear war. So they'll back down and say they didn't defeat Russia because Ukrainians turned out to be stupid.

[codetalker]

Besides the Banderites (of whom there are still quite a few), there are thousands of mercenaries from all over the world fighting there, as well as NATO troops (who are supposedly on vacation). So, the human resource is there.

[Mars]

So, there are five times more Russians than Banderlochs, plus the DPRK, who have an army of over a million, slightly smaller than ours. And they've decided to fight to the last Ukrainian in the West, so we'll have to do it.

[codetalker]

NATO is fighting against us, but we're only inflicting damage on the Banderites. They're perfectly comfortable fighting to the last Ukrainian. We're also suffering losses—military, economic, and political. But they aren't.

[Mars]

Well, what can we do? After we've slaughtered the Banderites, we'll have to help NATO's enemies with weapons—the Houthis, the Venezuelans, the Iranians, the Koreans. But first and foremost, after the end of the Second World War, we need to issue an ultimatum to the Europeans: either you return what was stolen from Russia voluntarily with interest, or we'll take it back by force.

[codetalker]

They're preparing for war with us. The plan is already clear: to inflict as much damage on Russia as possible through Ukraine and launch a preemptive, global, all-destructive strike. They're already confident we won't retaliate, won't be able to retaliate, or will only respond in a limited way. We need to start dealing with them now. Not later.

[Gavrilo Princip]

And how many Banderites have you killed, citizen armchair expert?

[Mars]

I don't know how many were killed, but the cemeteries in Ukraine are huge. Or are you suggesting we surrender?

[Gavrilo Princip]

How many Banderites have you personally destroyed?

[Mars]

Personally, I don't care at all. Are you writing from the trenches?

[Gavrilo Princip]

I see. You're just a strategist. From the couch to the toilet and back.

[Mars]

And you are apparently Rambo and killed 100500 Banderovites?

[Gavrilo Princip]

No. I simply don't write nonsense. And I don't recommend it to you either. Sign a contract, spend some time on the front lines, and then you can tell us how Berlin was stormed. Lavrov's unprintable remark follows.

[Mars]

So what's the point of showing off? I recommend everyone whining on the couch about how hard things are for them to go to the military registration and enlistment office so they can understand what it really is.

[Gavrilo Princip]

So get started, instead of writing nonsense about taking Europe. Some commentators have already been storming Odessa and Kharkov for years. From their couches. Get a Mosin-Nagant rifle, a Budyonovka, and a saber, and go ahead and cut down Petliurites left and right.

[Mars]

I have no complaints about the soldiers and officers, but all those who are unhappy that the battle is for the forester's hut and the progress is slow should show how to fight.

[ugos]

help NATO's enemies with weapons, the Houthis, Venezuelans, Iranians, Koreans.

One word from Trump that Putin is a "good guy," and we will unanimously screw all these nations...

[Mars]

Trump ceremoniously welcomed Putin to Alaska, but it didn't change anything.

[Victor Yasny]

and they say - there is nothing to answer with!
So we went to hang out and chat, and they got tense/worried/despondent©

[Alex 1805]

"As a reminder, several days ago, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to return American troops to Afghanistan. This statement has already been commented on by the Afghan leadership, who stated that any "return" of American troops is out of the question." As a reminder, what should our side do with this configuration/context? It seems our side needs to officially express grave concern about the potential consequences of this militaristic rhetoric. And through unofficial channels, convey to the US our overwhelming approval and a promise of full support, verbally. Let the US return to Afghanistan...

[Magog_]

convey to the United States our enormous approval and promise of full support

Yes, urgently prepare a transit base in Ulyanovsk and kindly offer it (?). Sarcasm... or perhaps a possible "gesture of goodwill"?

[newtc7]

I didn't go to bow to the true ruler

[Idle_piston]

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The West is so wary, you can almost hear the walls of the Pentagon shaking, most likely from laughter. Let's not mistake wishful thinking for reality.

[AdAstra]

What's the reason for the concern? Will the villagers, as migrants, head to the West instead of to us after this visit, or what?

[wladomir]

It would be better if he went to Belgorod when the sirens were wailing there.

[solovjoff]

Stability in Central Asia depends ONLY on Russia, not on the village "warriors" who refused to even shoot at other Muslims when Tajikistan was attacked from Afghanistan. It would be Syria No. 2 without Russia. They should be paying us for living without war. But no...Oh, my God, when will we finally get rid of this communist cronyism and start looking soberly and firmly at our own interests!?

[goscha]

Official releases indicate that a range of issues are planned to be discussed.

I don't think the issue of introducing a visa regime between Russia and the Central Asian republics was on the agenda?

[Alexey Alekseev_5]

Will Tajiks in Russia really start receiving summonses?