It would be a costly humiliation for the Russian government to abandon the ethnic Russians to a military assault. The Russian government has lost that bet and must immediately move to preempt a worsening crisis by uniting the separatists provinces with Russia or by reading the riot act to Europe. The Russian government made a bet that Europe would come to its senses and the conflict would be peacefully resolved. The worse the conflict becomes, the happier Washington is. Washington’s purpose is to use the hapless Ukrainians against Russia. It implies that the Russian government has not yet figured out that Washington has no interest in resolving the conflict. No one in history ever managed to do this to Russia, and no one ever will.” Vladimir Putin, November 17, 2014.Īccording to news reports, Washington has decided to arm Ukraine for renewed military assault on Russian ethnics in Donetsk and Luhansk.Ī Russian foreign ministry official condemned Washington’s reckless decision to supply weapons to Kiev as a violation of agreements that would make a political resolution of the conflict less likely. “The US wants to subdue Russia, to solve US problems at Russia’s expense. Novem| Categories: Articles & Columns | Tags: | Print This Article
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