Аннотация: June 22, 1941, a modern Russial diplomacy and two variants of negotiations with China. The essay.
June 22, 1941, a modern Russial diplomacy and two variants of negotiations with China. The essay.
June 22 - many, many, many words.
Since school years the June 22 day has been associated with a heroic Red Army soldier, armed with a rifle, grenades, an anti-tank rifle, who heroically opposes a convoy of enemy tanks.
But until June 22, 1941 there was a difficult international game in which Soviet diplomacy showed itself not in the worst way. The USA and Great Britain eventually became the allies of the USSR ...
As for some diaries of the Wehrmacht military personnel, they focus not on individual hero soldiers, but on the deadly fire of the 'Russian artillery'.
Artillery - it's not a seperate soldier. Artillery - it is already a military supply, a transport, a shells, an information support. Artillery - it is a system.
It was difficult for the Soviet artillery to resist to the coordinated pressure of fascist aviation, tank formations, artillery, motorized infantry, combat engineer units ... But after the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet system from the predominantly artillery system was transformed into a multifunctional system, superior to the fascist military system...
June 22 is an occasion not only to talk about heroism (although this is useful), but to reflect - to reflect on the effectiveness of foreign policy efforts and on a building of systems that can withstand external influences.
What are the lessons learned by a modern Russian diplomacy from the events of June 22?
Take, for example, an international incident that occurred on the night of June 15-16, 2020 in the Galvan river region in the Union territory of Ladakh (new bloody clashes occurred between the Indian and Chinese military). According to Indian army sources, no firearms were used. At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed and 76 injured. According to Indian data, about 45 Chinese soldiers were killed and wounded in the clashes.
'MOSCOW, June 23 - RIA Novosti. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday will discuss with colleagues in the Russia-India-China format the further deepening of trilateral cooperation, including in the fight against global crises. (...) This year, escalation is already taking place between the RIC member states: the long-standing territorial dispute between Beijing and New Delhi regarding the ownership of the border mountain territory in the Himalayas flared up with renewed vigor in May after a series of incidents in the Ladakh region, where the line of actual control passes. On June 15, according to the Indian authorities, 20 soldiers were killed in the next clash.' [unofficial translation] (https://ria.ru/20200623/1573336803.html)
At first, commentators, based on the state budget, presented the case in such a way that Russia would help sides to achieve a peace.
Now there is no talking about pacification. Pacification must take place on an international multilateral basis.
Why then this meeting at such a tense moment? To discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the Victory Parade? This is the subject of a meeting of foreign ministers in a situation when a border incident escalated a few days ago and dozens of soldiers from China and India died...?
Such an opinion may arise that Russia is in a hurry to get somewhere... But to where and why? Who can she influence? What is the purpose of influencing? What methods to influence?
It is recalled on June 22, 1941 and the image of a hero soldier in a trench for one man; a column of enemy tanks is moving on the soldier...
But at the same time, negotiations are taking place in Vienna - between Russia and the United States (Russian-American consultations on strategic stability). The corresponding invitation was also sent to China (by the US representative). Question: How does Russia feel about this invitation? Commentators, based on the state budget, on this topic are very silent. They only state the negative attitude of the PRC towards the idea of taking part in the negotiations.
"WASHINGTON, June 20 [2020] ./TASS/. Special Representative of the US President for Arms Control Marshall Billingsley will hold talks in Austria on June 22-23 with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on arms control, an invitation was sent to China to take part in them. This is stated in a statement issued on Friday by the press service of the State Department. (...) Ryabkov admitted that the mention on the American side of the possible arrival of representatives of Beijing at the Vienna meeting was surprising for Moscow " [unofficial translation] (https ://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/8776629) (Dear Mr. Ryabkov is surprised to a mention the possible arrival of representatives of China for negotiations, and some Internet users are surprised to (becouse of) the surprising of the Russian Foreign Ministry ...).
If China's participation in the negotiations is in Russia's interests, then this invitation must be supported and publicly expressed support for it. There are motives, in such situation, to insist on China's participation in the negotiations.
In general, much was said on June 22 about heroism. Again and again the image of a lonely Red Army soldier in a single trench opposing a column of enemy tanks appears...