The Putin administration denies the possibility of sending troops into Ukraine, but political scientists close to the Kremlin do not rule it out
Moscow - Kyiv, April 14 (Navigator - Mikhail Stamm) - “There will be no deployment of troops,” a source in the Russian Presidential Administration told RBC. However, senators and Russian political scientists close to the Kremlin do not rule out this possibility.
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An RBC source in the Presidential Administration called statements about the possible introduction of troops into Ukraine speculation. “There will be no introduction of troops,” he said. The head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, told RBC that Russia will “tightly monitor the situation, but will not rush to use armed forces.”
Pro-government political scientists interviewed by RBC believe that there are no grounds yet for sending troops into Ukraine, but hypothetically do not rule out such a possibility. None of the scenarios for the development of events - from a sharp escalation and military intervention to a gradual return to a calm settlement option - can be excluded, says Alexey Chesnakov, director of the Center for Political Conjuncture. “If there are casualties among the civilian population, if there are threats to a significant number of citizens or there are facts of the use of special forces against them, then Russia is unlikely to be able to stand aside,” he is sure.
If they shoot at Russians, then Russia will not be able to stand aside, says Konstantin Kostin, former head of the Kremlin’s internal political department and head of the Civil Society Development Foundation. If the interim authorities of Ukraine do not act adequately, that is, “go to negotiations, meet and listen to people, then Russia will have to protect Russians by all means.” “For now, the childish spontaneity of the Ukrainian authorities scares me,” continues Kostin.
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