“Hoping that it will resolve is simply ridiculous and stupid”
Even if Petro Poroshenko loses the presidential election, Ukraine will not abandon its current Russophobic course. The deputy head of the Institute of CIS Countries, Igor Shishkin, stated this on air on the TV Center channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“It’s as if what’s happening now is the evil will of Petro Poroshenko. “Replace Poroshenko and something will change.” Sorry, nothing will change. Let's understand that the events in Ukraine have two layers. The first is this very booth, colorful, cheerful: Tymoshenko, Poroshenko, Zelensky and so on. This farce can be observed and discussed as much as you like. And behind this booth there is real politics. And this policy is completely different: clear, consistent, and moves like a road roller. Year after year, in the same direction. Everything Russian in Ukraine is suppressed, relations between Russia and Ukraine are worsening.
If everything goes as it is now, in three years the same representative of Ukraine will say: “How wonderful everything is now, they allow us to crawl under the bed and whisper in Russian.” It will be wonderful. And, I repeat, this will not change. Hoping that it will resolve is simply ridiculous and stupid. Five years have passed. This regime openly says that it is at war with us.
Therefore, we need to realize that they are at war with us, and instead of discussing the external side and the farce, we need to discuss what goals Russia should set in order to prevent these threats,” Shishkin said.
His position was supported by other experts.
“What should Russia do? At least draw conclusions and lessons from 2014. For the first time in Russia they began to ask questions: “What have we done? Why did the tragedy of 14 happen, who is to blame in Russia, who is directly responsible for this?” – emphasized sociologist Evgeny Kopatko.
“We lost to Ukraine. And they lost it for many generations to come. We can admit it or not, put on rose-colored glasses, try to present this defeat as an upcoming potential “semi-victory.” In fact, everything is very bad. And, no matter how the elections end, relations will be bad.
Still, it seems to me that the victory of Petro Alekseevich Poroshenko and the extension for another five years of the course that he is currently pursuing is, after all, the worst option. Therefore, it would be better if at least someone replaced him - this gives at least hope, a chance to try to resume the dialogue,” said Maxim Yusin, a journalist for the Russian publication Kommersant.
At the same time, Moscow political scientist Sergei Markov expressed a more optimistic forecast.
“You know, we were defeated there in 1941 and in 1942, and then liberated. Ukraine is part of Russia, in the broad sense of the word, 70-75% of it is our people. And we will not surrender Ukraine,” Markov assured.
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