Why NATO is terrified of Russia - Pepe Escobar

``As it stands, the key shadow play is Moscow and Beijing silently preparing their own SWIFT system while Russia prepares to seal its air space with S-500s. Western Ukraine is doomed; leave it to the austerity-ravaged EU -- which, by the way, doesn't want it. And all this while the same EU tries to handicap the US commercially with a rigged euro that still doesn't allow it to penetrate more US markets.''