{"id":624668,"date":"2026-06-25T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=624668"},"modified":"2026-06-25T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:40:00","slug":"medvedev-calls-for-international-law-mechanism-banning-western-military-bases-abroad-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=624668","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev Calls For International Law Mechanism Banning Western Military Bases Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Medvedev Calls For International Law Mechanism Banning Western Military Bases Abroad<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>In a hard-hitting Wednesday address at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF), Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, didn&#8217;t mince words regarding the sprawling global footprint of Western military power.<\/p>\n<p>The former Russian president called for the immediate creation of <strong>aggressive &#8220;legal mechanisms&#8221; to counter and dismantle Western military bases stationed on foreign soil<\/strong>, framing them as a direct threat to global stability. Russia has long accused both Washington and NATO of being hegemonic powers &#8211; whose policies sparked the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/medvnew_0.jpg?itok=l-k53ydC\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/medvnew_0.jpg?itok=l-k53ydC\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"9e9df56e-115f-48e3-b2bb-9e9a407485ba\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/medvnew_0.jpg?itok=l-k53ydC\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption><em>Image source: United Russia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to Medvedev, the unchecked deployment of these foreign outposts has evolved into a primary driver destroying what remains of the collective security system, while simultaneously eroding the sovereignty of independent nations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;They are, frankly, provoking international and regional tensions,&#8221; <\/strong>Medvedev <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/2151063\">warned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin top official signaled that Moscow is looking to weaponize international law to push back against Western geopolitical encirclement, arguing that the current status quo is unsustainable and manufactured by Washington and its allies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;This is why it is necessary to develop specific legal mechanisms aimed at dismantling the existing system of foreign military presence that the West is imposing on other countries,&#8221;<\/strong> Medvedev concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The timing is important, and no doubt related to Ukraine&#8217;s stepped-up drone attacks especially on the Moscow region, which has put key oil refineries out of commission for several months.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has accused Western intelligence agencies of providing targeting data for Ukrainian forces in a &#8216;hand and glove&#8217; kind of way.<\/p>\n<p>As the proxy conflict between NATO and Russia continues to heat up, Medvedev\u2019s remarks signal a new diplomatic and legal push by the Kremlin to <strong>also rally the Global South against Western military hegemony<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Common estimate say the United States <strong>operates approximately 750 to 800 military base sites across roughly 80 foreign countries and territories<\/strong><\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/usbases.jpg?itok=q1IPEhn_\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/usbases.jpg?itok=q1IPEhn_\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f5a002ed-4050-4d3e-abf9-82cb572b5e85\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/usbases.jpg?itok=q1IPEhn_\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption><em>Source:\u00a0Kelly Martin Designs<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, the so-called international community is not likely enforce such &#8220;dismantling&#8221; given global institutions are dominated by Western &#8211; and specifically &#8211; Washington interests.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has long advocated for a multi-polar order, and this has remained a key theme of Putin speeches, but this theme has fallen on deaf ears especially among European and American hawkish officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Wed, 06\/24\/2026 &#8211; 21:40<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/medvnew_0.jpg?itok=l-k53ydC\" title=\"Medvedev Calls For International Law Mechanism Banning Western Military Bases Abroad\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medvedev Calls For International Law Mechanism Banning Western Military Bases Abroad In a hard-hitting Wednesday address at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF), Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, didn&#8217;t mince words regarding the sprawling global footprint of Western military power. The former Russian president called for the immediate creation of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=624668\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Medvedev Calls For International Law Mechanism Banning Western Military Bases Abroad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":624652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/624652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}