DISINFO: The Three Seas Initiative is a new anti-Russian “sanitary cordon”
SUMMARY
The Three Seas Initiative is a revival of the idea of a “sanitary cordon” on the western border of Russia. The USA is not interested in dealing with independent European countries, so today, it tries to create local platforms, even within the European Union. The Three Seas Initiative is presented as a constructive integration platform, but in reality, it is a new anti-Russian union. This organisation revives the 100-year-old idea of creating a so-called buffer zone along the western border of Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about regional organisations in Central and Eastern Europe – this narrative presents organisations such as the Eastern Partnership and the Three Seas Initiative as anti-Russian projects managed by the USA.
The Three Seas Initiative is a forum of 12 countries from Central and Eastern Europe launched in 2015. Its main goal is to promote better connectivity among the Member States, with a particular focus on infrastructure and energy. The main projects discussed at the forums of the Three Seas Initiative are the Via Carpathia, Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, Via Baltica, Rail Baltica, and the LNG infrastructure in Poland and Croatia.
Read the recent declaration of the Sixth Summit of the Three Seas Initiative, which took place in July 2021 in Sofia. More information about the Three Seas Initiative can be consulted here.
See similar messages such as the Three Seas Initiative is a geopolitical concept designed to promote American interests, the aim of the Eastern Partnership is to separate Russia’s neighbours from it, and the Three Seas Initiative is a tool of American hegemony in post-Soviet areas surrounding Russia.