Professor of Moscow State University proposes to "frustrate the Nabucco pipeline by all means"

As is known, the gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine has attached a special importance to the Nabucco pipeline, which is aimed to reduce the energy dependance of Europe from Gazprom's monopoly and raise the EU energy security. The United States promised to provide a political support to the project, while the European Investment Bank and EBRD to provide financial assistance. The success of the recent summit in Budapest on Nabucco demonstrate the urgency of the alternative ways of supplies of gas to Europe. But along with the project support, the voices of its opponents are becoming louder in the world.

Russian Kommersant Vlast magazine offers to Putin's government to attempt to frustrate Nabucco's construction. The magazine refers to the words of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kuсhner: "We are interested in both projects (South Stream and Nord Stream - AzerTac) and there is no taboos here. Russia should realize that it can also become a part of Nabucco project. Why not?". At the same time the author of the article Vladimir Solovyov adds: "But for the working authorities of Russia such a proposal is inadmissible. Vladimir Putin will hardly reject the idea of turning Russia into an energy superpower. An armed conflict for example between Armenia, friendly to Russia, and Azerbaijan, supporting Nabucco, over disputable Nagorno Karabakh hinder the appearance of a strong rival for Gazprom on the European market".

In the interview to Eurazia internet portal, Alexander Dugin, head of the center of conservative studies of the sociological faculty of the Moscow State University of Lomonosov, philology proessor, said that the construction of an alternative gas project must be frustrated by all means.

"I think the Nabucco project should be frustrated by all means as the gas geopolitics is implied. If an armed conflict is needed, we should do it, as all methods are good in the geopolitics", said he.

At the same time, he opposed the accusation of a number of foreign politicians and mass media that the five day war in the Caucasus in August of 2008 was initiated by the Russian government."Putin did not initiate anything in South Ossetia. Saakashvili and Americans attacked this area by the model of sanitary cordon", considers the professor.

He said Russia should recognize that it is being in a state of war with the United States: "We should realize that Russia is at war with the United States, not in the geopolitical and gas sector but also in the sphere of direct confrontation. We should recognize that we are fighting with the United States. We were self-defending brilliantly in South Ossetia, but now we should attack. We should attack the United States. Primarily, we must eliminate the "fifth column" here and then build a model of consistent geopolitical steps, including steps for outstripping", said the professor, did not specifying however, which republics he considers to be the "fifth column" which should be "eliminated".

"We need to frustrate Nabucco, split Ukraine, establish protectorate over the eastern and southern parts and then introduce a different political leadership there. On the whole, we should attack, otherwise, we will have to give up, both in gas and other spheres. We need a Russian order in the post Soviet area, primarily in the gas sector", concluded Dugin. 

Vugar Seidov
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