Russian security proposal of 2021

On December 17, 2021 Russia published a list of demands for avoiding war with NATO - RU FM statememt (Drafts: USA, NATO), BBC, TASS En, TASS Ru, Saker Analysis: MofA, Orlov, Saker, John Helmer, Buchanan, Patrick Armstrong, Russian media. EU responds: "Only winners can make demands."

Russian thinking

 * Russia has focused its mind: the country and the world on the eve of great changes - Igor Kazenas, Russtrat, November 21, 2021
 * Russia's powerful response to the US: Matveychev revealed the Kremlin's strategic plan, Free Street, YouTube, via [Rusvesna, January 21, 2022
 * RU MP Oleg Matveichev talks about possible Russian steps after (predicted/predictable) failure of negotiations: (more?) nuclear weapons in Kaliningrad; strengthening Russian triad; projections in Venezuela, Cuba; Russia-China-Iran alliance (presented as economic, including trade routes to India, etc); deploying weapons in Chukotka/Far East --Resup (talk) 18:17, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

News

 * Russia Publishes Details of Security Proposal With West - VOA News, December 17, 2021

Western reactions

 * Russia's Proposal To Redraw European Security 'Unacceptable,' U.S. Says - RFE/RL, December 17, 2021
 * How Will Unipolarists Respond to Putin’s Red Line? An Expert Round Table Discussion - Matthew Ehret, CovertAction Magazine, January 1, 2022
 * Finnish President says Russian proposals for NATO challenge European security - Helsinki Times, January 2, 2022
 * NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg needs to calm it down - Daniel Larison, Responsible Statecraft, December 3, 2021 (mirror)

Negotiations

 * Russia Welcomes U.S. Readiness to Talk, Seeks Proposals - Bloomberg, December 22, 2021
 * The Foreign Ministry commented on the US statement on the non-deployment of missiles in Ukraine- RIA, January 10, 2022
 * Deputy RU FM Sergei Ryabkov: Moscow is ready to hear what the United States will say about the non-deployment of missiles on the territory of Ukraine, but at the upcoming meeting in Geneva, constructive dialogue is possible only in the broader context of revising the decisions of the Budapest summit on Ukraine's future in NATO
 * "Better than nothing". The first results of the talks between the Russian Federation and the West on security in Geneva summed up - TASS, January 10, 2022
 * Washington says it won’t consider Russian proposal to end NATO expansion - RT, January 11, 2022
 * Did this week’s US-NATO-Russia meetings push us closer to war? - Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft, January 13, 2022
 * The Failure Of This Week's US-NATO-Russia Meetings Make War More Likely - Moon of Alabama, January 13, 2022
 * Lavrov-Blinken Talks Wrap Up With Two Sides 'on Clear Path to Understanding' - Sputnik, January 21, 2022
 * US says it will refuse all security concessions proposed by Russia - RT, January 25, 2022
 * Russia Receives US Written Response to Security Guarantees Proposal Amid Heightened Ukraine Tensions - Sputnik, January 26, 2022
 * Lavrov: US Did Not Respond to Main Question - On Non-Expansion of NATO - Sputnik, January 27, 2022

Analysis

 * Russian elites talk: will the negotiations in Geneva on January 10 bring about a roll-back of NATO? - Gilbert Doctorow, December 31, 2021
 * Deciphering the Biden-Putin Telephone Chat of Yesterday, 30 December 2021 - Gilbert Doctorow, December 31, 2021
 * Sources of the Kremlin’s new defense and diplomatic playbook identified - Gilbert Doctorow, January 5, 2022
 * How far can diplomacy go? Awaiting the US-Russian talks in Geneva on 10 January - Gilbert Doctorow, January 5, 2022
 * What War With Russia Would Look Like - Scott Ritter, Consortium News, January 10, 2022
 * What Brought Biden to the Table? - Ted Snider, Antiwar.com, January 25, 2022