I was not able to find, until now, a reliable source reproducing the real contents of the document and, moreover, I saw comments that the Web available version is an apocryph.
Still to be seen.
If it is true - and I don't mean the contents as much as the principles behind it - was the Neptun meeting between Russians and Americans, as part of the NATO summit in Romania, a new stage of the Yalta - Malta series?
Could be.
Mainly from the point of view of the expansion trend of the North-Atlantic alliance and of the European Union.
Maybe Russians didn't want to break the status quo and would rather silently insert themselves as did before. But facts happened this way: NATO brings missiles near the Russians' fence and the EU unselfishly desires to civilise the whole Europe. Both of them came closer both to Moldavia and Ukraine, falsesly giving hopes to ordinary citizens.
Russia has little to negotiate with the European Union. Stopping gas deliveries would be enough.
They can't do this to the Americans yet. Americans are also part of a military alliance which includes most of Europe and are Russia's number one traditional enemy.
The US recognized the independence of Kosovo. Within an area literally engulfed in American influence and presence. This opened a precedent for similar regions such as Abkhazia, Osetia, Transnistria to dare, protected as they are by their traditional "master" Russia.
This opens the way for Russia to again mark territories and officialy draw a line on the Dnestr. Leaving Moldavia with no sea access and widening the Russian Black Sea shore.
Last will and testament of Peter the Great
Realitatea TV on the above
Romania libera on the same
BBC, on NATO expansion
UPDATE: It was not in Neptun but in Sochi. Fault-finders might argue we uselessly hoped such a meeting of similar importance with the previous ones might happen in our country. It is somehow true, taking into account that Putin was trying (and tried, see his attitude towards everything that the NATO summit represented) to leave a mark and state his will as probably one of his last desires as president of Russia.
It is also obvious that, as the meeting took part at Putin's, its outcome was predictable - NATO did not move to the right, got what was left to be gotten in Europe (even Albania can be part of NATO...) and the missile protection shield stays where it is.
As for unofficial results, they might be discovered by our children, some time in the far future.
