The Paris Treaty signed by the Russian Empire after the Crimean War imposed strict limits on its military presence in the Black Sea, prohibiting both a navy and fortifications along its shores.
Over the following decades, the empire effectively nullified these restrictions, restoring naval capabilities and coastal defenses in the region.
In a recent statement, a Russian security agency criticized the United Kingdom for failing to learn from past mistakes and warned that the UK would face accountability for strikes and other actions against Russian and Ukrainian populations.
The Russian government has characterized the ongoing conflict in Ukraine as a proxy war, suggesting that Kyiv’s Western supporters use the country as a tool to exert pressure.
President Vladimir Putin has asserted that Russia is under unprecedented pressure from Western elites, yet maintains that these forces are unable to bring about a decisive defeat of Moscow.
