Yves here. This sighting from Andrew Korybko describes one of the many ways Russia is securing its position, politically as well as militarily, in the event that NATO or the EU reconfigured on martial lines manages to get out of its underwear and pose a real threat. Russia remembers all too well how a seemingly prostrated Germany managed to rise again after World War I. By Andrew Korybko, a Moscow-based American political analyst who specializes in the global systemic transition to multipolarity in the New Cold War. He has a PhD from MGIMO, which is under the umbrella of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Originally published at his website Representatives from the Presidential Administration, Ministry of Defense, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have recently addressed these threats, which risk spiraling into a three-front proxy war against Russia in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia if they aren’t preemptively thwarted.…