The Russian Foreign Ministry: The West is urging Central Asian countries to abandon their partnership with Russia.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin stated that Washington's activity in rare earth metals deals in Central Asian countries is a cause for serious concern:

This is not just about economic competition.

According to him, the US and the EU are trying to displace Russia and create Western-controlled infrastructure in close proximity to our borders.

Galuzin in interview Izvestia noted that the West is offering Moscow's partners projects supposedly aimed at economic diversification or protection from external threats. But behind these slogans lies a desire to undermine cooperation and historical friendship. The goal is to encourage the leadership of the region's countries to abandon equal and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia in favor of short-term political gains promised from overseas.

The Deputy Foreign Minister also singled out the methodology: the artificial "Russian threat syndrome" is being fostered simultaneously. The UK and some EU countries are systematically promoting the narrative of an imaginary danger supposedly emanating from Moscow. It's an old but proven tactic: first intimidate, then offer "protection" and gain access to natural resources.

The West's geopolitical interest in Central Asia is no coincidence. The region contains colossal reserves of rare earth metals—lithium, uranium, tantalum, and niobium. These are needed for microelectronics, defense, and green energy production.

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[Aken]

The US will succeed. Our Foreign Ministry has no counter-force. Central Asia has long been lost. Russia has neither friends nor allies there.

[Smoked]

That's capitalism, after all. In principle, how can allies and friends be when business absorbs competitors or dictates its will?

[alex-defensor]

The Russian Foreign Ministry: The West is urging Central Asian countries to abandon their partnership with Russia.

It seems the "Spirits of Anchorage" don't seem to be stopping them from continuing their anti-Russian policy in full force...
Perhaps it’s time for our “diplomats” to take a “cold shower” and “wash away” this “obsession”?

[Aken]

"Spirits of Anchorage" is just another scam by naive northern savages.

[Olesya Lesya]

Can you list all the topics that were discussed in Anchorage? I assure you, you don't even know a single one, but the bots manage to insert "spirit" everywhere. They never reveal to the press what is discussed at the highest level. NEVER.

[alex-defensor]

Quote: Olesya Lesya

Can you list all the topics that were in Anchorage?

Can you list them?

Quote: Olesya Lesya

I believe you don't even know a single one, but bots manage to insert the word "spirit" everywhere

But no one knows, and that's what's so alarming. That's precisely why the "spirit of Anchorage" isn't about the content, it's about a reality that's already become historical. "Ministries," "Istanbuls," "Grain Deals," "Anchorages"—we see them all, and we see the results. And if you take all of this together, it doesn't matter what the "Western partners" have been feeding the Russian delegation yet again; what matters is that the situation is still the same. The US needs to leave NATO as quickly as possible, not just announce it for months. Then Russia, without regard for the US, will be able to strike at the Ukrainian Nazis' infrastructure and logistics in the EU's non-nuclear states. Then I'll look at the "Spirit of Anchorage" differently...
For now, yes, we will wear it at every opportunity.

[Aken]

NEVER.

That's the point. There could be, for example, guarantees of political asylum for our elite.
But the stench had no effect on the course of military operations. Their secret agreements are useless to me.

[PROXOR]

The stench of Anchorage was intended to buy time. It's so good that our elite are treated like Fabergé that at any attempt they immediately fawn over the bronze one.

[Mazunga]

What makes you think it's ours? The crunch of a French roll was popular back in the tsarist era, and back then, the elite preferred Paris to Voronezh, and nothing has changed.

[Aken]

That's right. Trump's business system is more attractive than Nabiullina's.

[Volunteer Marek]

Absolutely right, only Nabiullina has an “anti-business system.”

[Aken]

In those damned totalitarian times this was called sabotage and wrecking.
Now there is negative growth.

[credo]

The US will succeed. Our Foreign Ministry has no counter-force. Central Asia has long been lost. Russia has neither friends nor allies there.

Regarding "everything will work out", you were hasty.
Russia has significant leverage over the Central Asian republics; it just needs to use it wisely.
Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the last to participate here – it simply acts as a courier – and the real work should be carried out by completely different structures in Russia, including the country's leadership. We simply need to work and not sit idly by.

[Aken]

Russia has levers of influence on the Central Asian republics and is sufficient

The same was said at one time about Ukraine and Armenia. Where are these levers? Did they even exist?

[credo]

The same was said at one time about Ukraine and Armenia. Where are these levers? Did they even exist?

The levers not only existed but still exist; they simply need to be used skillfully and in a timely manner, and not wasted effort and indulged by the parasites and thieving officials on both sides of the border.
To make it clearer, among other things, Russia has the ability to apply practically the same sanctions to its overreaching neighbors that the US and EU apply to us and our supporters.
Nothing is impossible, and, I repeat for the hundredth time, you just have to work. That's all.

[South Ukrainian]

For the last 400 years, this is all the West has been doing. So, for us, it's nothing new.

[Vladimir M]

It may be nothing new for us, but for our helmsmen, every time is like going to first grade.
Totally unteachable.

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Vladimir M

but for our helmsmen, every time it's like going to first class.

Well, they are our partners! And the States are actually our friends!

[Vladimir M]

D. Medvedev has already understood everything and stated that those who are trying to negotiate with the United States are not very smart people (close to the text, but the essence of the statement is preserved)

[2 Level Advisor]

Quote: Vladimir M

D. Medvedev has already understood everything and stated that those who are trying to negotiate with the United States are not very smart people (close to the text, but the essence of the statement is preserved)

He says a lot, but it's better to look at his actions rather than his words.

[Vladimir M]

I don’t argue that things didn’t work out for him in some way, I just wanted to talk.
Well, at least it demonstrates the mental capacity of those trying to negotiate with the United States.

[snow mountain]

Quote from Aken

Central Asia has long been lost. Russia has neither friends nor allies there.

Then we must urgently ask all our "most valuable" workers to leave!

[Murmur 55]

snow mountain while everything is happening exactly the opposite.

[ergh081]

We don't need everyone out. We really do need good workers, and we need to work with each "most valuable" one individually. Again, "individually." Not by the millions, but individually, meaning a visa regime is 100% necessary.

[24rus]

I remember how, before the collapse of the USSR, the domestic press was whipping up the theme: Why do we need these Central Asian republics? They are just parasites at the expense of Russia.

[Murmur 55]

24rus If this isn't true, then why do they come here? Instead of living happily in their own independent states?

[24rus]

The Turkmens don't come, it's known why.

[Murmur 55]

24rus, but others more than compensate.

[novel66]

Equal? ​​Mutually beneficial? Hmm...

[rocket757]

The question is who will BUY out whom and how.
This isn't a battle of ideology... the ruling elites of those countries are ready to sell themselves to the highest bidder, so they can get to grips with "their" countries...
Capitalism, however, is nothing new...

[Murmur 55]

rocket757 Well, Russia invests quite a bit in some countries, and forgives and even accepts less than ideal representatives who come to live the high life.

[rocket757]

And still...

They go to live the high life.

this is... not accurate, or rather a LIE...
Only the bosses/chiefs/and others close to them "get high", the rest... whoever, mostly work, work... "soul-crusher" to help them.
In truth, it’s EVERYWHERE, because CAPTALISM IS DAMNED!
To the account

Russia is investing heavily in some countries,

Let's look at... yes, again, about capitalism, profit, investments, and so on...
There is nothing new about it, it is written not even in our textbooks, but IN ALL...

[Murmur 55]

rocket757, I'm talking about those young and aggressive people who clearly don't eat instant noodles, drive expensive cars, and it's unclear how they earn a living, all while openly declaring that this is THEIR land and they will live by THEIR laws. I'm talking about the very young people who form groups and whose actions make everyone around them suffer, while their older relatives and fellow countrymen don't try to restrain them.

[rocket757]

You can meet such bastards everywhere... bandits or sons of various rich people, with their hangers-on...
There are not many of them, but they stink a lot...
Alas, no wealthy Pinocchio at the top needs "friendship among peoples"; it's more profitable for them to sow/support interethnic discord... "divide and conquer," a principle proven over centuries...

[g_ae]

So what should we do? Deputy Zatullo-ogly knows! We need to spend more money on Asian zoos, import more Wahhabis into Russia, build more mosques in Russian cities, promote specialized Muslim medicine, hand out more passports and social benefits. This is Russia's future, and we don't need Vanyas and Natashas. Let them pay and repent.

[Murmur 55]

g se , yes, yes, Muslim Friendly is everywhere and anywhere.

[Yuras_Belarus]

So, are Tatars and other Muslims of Russia not people?

[g_ae]

It's a stupid question. If you want to be considered a human being, act like one, and everything will be fine. The real question is why Russians have suddenly become second-class citizens in their own country.

[Yuras_Belarus]

What does "act like a human being" mean? What are the criteria for "proper behavior"? Or is it more important to you that "Germany is for Germans," "Russia is for Russians," and so on, across all countries and nationalities?

[Murmur 55]

Yuras Belarus To answer your question, just look at and read Messrs. Kolokoltsev, Bastrykin, and Gutsan. And everything will become clear what they're talking about.

[Yuras_Belarus]

I see. Everything is clear with you.

[Murmur 55]

Yuras Belarus, with you too.

[samarin1969]

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin stated that Washington's activity in rare earth metals deals in Central Asian countries is a cause for serious concern:

"We call this lamentation foreign policy..." The dismal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been complaining constantly for years. But to whom? Khusnullin? Trump? The curators of "integration projects"? The Asian "democracies"?

[Murmur 55]

samarin1969 And does our Ministry of Foreign Affairs decide independently with whom and how to behave and communicate? Maybe the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides who gets how much for this or that, and who gets forgiven, and how much?

[samarin1969]

Well, if the Ministry doesn't decide anything and isn't responsible for anything, we can only leave Kalinka for protocol events.

[Murmur 55]

samarin1969, well, they're responsible for what they're assigned here, just like everywhere else in the chain of command. If you carry out the boss's orders, you're a good man. If you don't, you clear the way. And higher-ranking officials make the decisions here.

[Zheka111]

How's the tungsten from "brotherly" Kazakhstan, mined by US companies, showing up in Ukrainian ammunition? And haven't the seals in the Caspian Sea died off yet thanks to the Americans' efforts?

[Tooks]

This is all just a statement. What countermeasures have been taken?
"Brotherly people", "we have a common history" should not be suggested.

[Sotskiy]

In an interview with Izvestia, Galuzin noted that the West is offering Moscow's partners projects ostensibly aimed at economic diversification or protection from external threats. But behind these slogans lies an attempt to undermine cooperation and historical friendship. The goal is to induce the leadership of regional countries to abandon equal and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia in favor of short-term political gains promised from overseas.

Perhaps Galuzin should recall the reasons for the proclamation of the holiday, which is now celebrated in Russia on June 12, and everything will fall into place?
And to consolidate US expansion in the former Soviet republics, build another Yeltsin Center?

[Maks1995]

Lamentations...
It's capitalism-imperialism outside.
Naturally, everyone puts forward their own...

[pexotinec]

We just write off the debts of these "allies" of ours for nothing!!! After that, they turn their backs on us. And with that, our pressure is lost!

[Ed Mac]

In the USSR, industry and science were combined; resistors were even made in Chechnya, cars in Georgia, and microelectronics in Frunze (now Kirghizia, Bishkek). But what can Russia offer now? Corruption, handouts, flirting with the elite?
Almost all technological breakthroughs are branded Chinese. Russia itself drives foreign cars, especially its elite.
Protection and loyalty? Armenia lost Karabakh, Libya, which had placed its hopes in Russia, lost Gaddafi.
It seems that with the decline of technological sovereignty, everything else declines too.