Russia in the past 2021 to achieve 1.7 trillion US dollars of GDP, the same period of China's Jiangsu GDP into US dollars is also 1.7 trillion, the Russian economy is only the same as Jiangsu province, in fact, the Russian economy has been squeezed out of the top ten positions in the world economy, when Russia was still the so-called "Group of Eight". Although Russia's economic strength is not good, Russia is to single out the 30 NATO countries, so Russia is facing huge pressure. Russia's economy cannot be compared to nato's great powers, and the UNITED STATES has a GDP of nearly $23 trillion in 2021, which is much stronger than Russia, and in addition to the United States, France and Germany's economies are also better than Russia's.
NATO currently has 30 members, including the former Soviet republics, including the baltic states, as well as Poland and Romania, which were originally members of the Warsaw Pact. In NATO, Lithuania and Poland are already close to Russia, so there is great pressure on Russia. Today's NATO adheres to the strategy of eastward expansion, with the primary goal of getting Ukraine to join NATO, and recently even Georgia has submitted an application to NATO. 202202161/Global Defense Watch/Ali, the strategy of NATO led by the United States is very clear, that is, to further squeeze Russia's living space, and by deploying military forces on Russia's doorstep, it can deter Russia.
Since entering 2022, the United States has taken the form of extreme pressure on Russia, mainly through several steps to implement, first of all, military deterrence, the United States continues to release the wind to reinforce troops in Eastern Europe, from February 5, there are as many as 3,000 troops flying to Eastern Europe, including the personnel of the US Ace 82nd Airborne Division, according to the US military, the US Ace Division has been deployed in Poland, and Poland and Russia have a common border. Poland shares a common border with Belarus and Ukraine. At a time of tension between Ukraine and Russia, the purpose of reinforcements from the U.S. Ace Division is quite clear, that is, to put pressure on Russia.
The maximum pressure of the United States is not only the reinforcement of troops in Eastern Europe, but also the deployment of aircraft carrier strike groups and cruise missile submarines, and the current USS Truman aircraft carrier strike group is flaunting its power in the Mediterranean, and there is also the cooperation of the Aircraft Carrier Strike Group of France and Italy. In addition to the operations of the U.S. Army and Navy, the U.S. Air Force has deployed B-52H strategic nuclear bombers at Fairford Air Force Base in the United Kingdom, which will carry out deterrent cruise operations for Russia, the U.S. Air Force has 76 B-52H strategic bombers, in addition to dynamic force deployment in Europe, the U.S. Air Force also has 2 B-52H deployed to Anderson Air Force Base on Guam, thus achieving an east-west attack posture.
The grand strategy of the United States is very clear, that is, to take various ways to break through, first to drag down Russia, because Russia's economic strength is not good, so the United States and NATO have enough advantages. The current U.S. strategy is to push for conflict between Ukraine and Russia through maximum pressure, which will eventually drag down russia's economy and put pressure on Russia politically. The United States not only has to deal with Russia, but also regards China as the most important competitor, because China has a strong economic strength, and when the United States is in crisis, the United States temporarily needs China's "rescue", so the United States must first bring down Russia.
In the face of the overall strategy of the United States, China will not stand idly by when exerting maximum pressure on Russia, because once Russia falls, China will be "attacked by the United States and other Western countries". When Russian President Putin visited China, China and Russia signed 15 strategic cooperation agreements, including cooperation in the introduction of crude oil and natural gas from Russia, which is directly to the point of the United States, China through the introduction of a large amount of energy from Russia, is equivalent to "blood transfusion" to Russia, so that Russia can have the basis to counter the United States and the rest of the Western countries.