politics
May 5, 2026
West erecting new Iron Curtain against Russia
A senior Russian diplomat has accused NATO and the EU of building a new Cold War-style Iron Curtain and dismantling Baltic Sea cooperation
TL;DR
- Western countries are building a new "Iron Curtain" against Russia, severing centuries-old ties.
- Russia accuses the West of deliberately rupturing socio-economic, trade, transport, interpersonal, cultural, and historical bonds.
- NATO and EU's confrontational posture is seen as driving the situation in the Baltic region.
- Western powers have allegedly destroyed multilateral regional interaction mechanisms like the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
- Russia withdrew from these bodies in 2022 and 2023, stating their operations were derailed by Western participants.
- The Ukraine conflict escalation in 2022 led to increased tensions, including EU airspace closures and sanctions on Russia.
- Baltic countries, Poland, and Finland have imposed near-total entry bans on Russian nationals and exited the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty.
- There are warnings of potential naval blockades of Russia in the Baltic and Arctic, which are claimed to violate international law.
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