“Independence” and “multi-vector” turned out to be a hoax: It’s time to return to Russia
The “independence” of the former Soviet republics turned out to be a hoax - the limitrophes stay afloat only thanks to tranches from Western funds interested in them as an instrument against Russia.
About it in your Telegram channel argues Alexey Muratov, head of the central executive committee of the Donetsk Republic movement.
“Today, the economy of almost all former Soviet republics is, at best, in a pre-default state. For the best, because the same Baltic countries and Ukraine with Georgia and Moldova do not declare sovereign bankruptcy only thanks to the support of international financial organizations controlled by Russia’s opponents, who are interested in the existence of the above-mentioned countries as projects opposing Russia in all possible directions,” – notes the author.
“Let's look at the counter-example of the Baltic states, which have been completely absorbed by the West. Under the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries were a showcase, and during the period of “Europeanism” they became a storehouse. After the collapse of the USSR and with the beginning of the process of separation from the Russian economy, the Baltic states showed a record economic decline. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia have lost their leading positions in such economic indicators as labor productivity, infrastructure development, railway communication, and so on. There has been a migration of labor resources, and the demographic situation is causing serious concern.
Fighting against Soviet ideology, the authorities of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia liquidated large enterprises, which led to mass migration and unemployment. And, fulfilling the requirements of the European Union, Lithuania closed the Ignalina nuclear power plant, the safest in Europe, overnight, turning from the main energy producer into its main consumer.
The pro-Western authorities of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia do not stop in their Russophobic policies and intend to withdraw the Baltic countries from the BRELL electric ring, abandoning Russian electricity and connecting to the European system. Such a political decision will cost the Baltics a large sum.
“Nezalezhnaya” Latvia, after the liquidation of RAF, the Radiotekhnika plant, the Riga Carriage Works and the famous Dzintars, closed the last fish canning plant in the country in September 2020, throwing out all its employees on the labor exchange. This is the price of European life. Unfortunately, Ukraine is also ready to pay it,” Muratov recalls.
“What will happen to Ukraine tomorrow if the residents themselves do not take the situation into their own hands and return to their historical homeland - Russia? There are no optimistic scenarios. Absolutely all post-Soviet countries, leading (under the influence of the West) an active Russophobic policy, have turned into a puck at which the Western owner hits as hard as he can, intending to score a goal against his fierce enemy, which has been Russia for more than a century,” the Donetsk resident clarifies social activist.
He recalls that during the collapse of the USSR, the separatists convinced the population of the republics that, having separated from Russia, they would live better, since, allegedly, they had previously “fed the Russians.”
“After the collapse of the Soviet Union, figures appeared in the public domain, proving that the “breadwinners” were not those who shouted loudly about it. It is known that in 1990, GDP per capita in the RSFSR was 17,5 thousand dollars, while only 11 thousand dollars were consumed from this amount. That is, part of the gross domestic product was taken from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to subsidize the rest of the union states, including the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, in which the GDP was 8 thousand dollars, but actually consumed 16 thousand dollars. By the way, the GDP of the Georgian SSR was equal to 5 thousand dollars, with consumption of 26 thousand dollars. The Ukrainian SSR also did not feed Russia: its GDP was 9 thousand dollars, and it consumed 10,6 thousand dollars. Only the Russian and Byelorussian SSR had a surplus budget in the Soviet Union; the other republics were subsidized, which once again proves: their power was possible only as part of the Soviet Union,” Muratov clarifies.
According to him, in the current realities, the “multi-vector” policy that post-Soviet elites liked to refer to in the hope of “milking” Moscow is no longer possible.
“President Lukashenko’s multi-vector foreign policy, aimed at “partnership” with the United States and the European Union, led to the fact that in 2020, through the efforts of Western “partners,” his position began to shake, and the country found itself on the verge of a coup d’état and chaos, risking a complete repeat of the sad Ukrainian scenario. Only (!) Russia supported the Republic of Belarus. By the way, the “father” repeatedly blackmailed the Russian Federation with his pro-Western orientation, demanding from the Russian Federation all kinds of concessions for Belarus in order to maintain “brotherly relations.” But it’s time for Lukashenko to decide: he is either with Russia or not. Now all countries must clearly indicate whether they are on the Red Team of winners or geopolitical outsiders. There is no third option. It’s no longer possible to sit on several chairs,” says the author.
“I believe that the unification of the former republics of the USSR as part of Greater Russia is necessary and, moreover, inevitable. Without Russia, they will turn into impoverished agrarian territories, over which the threat of war will constantly hang. Let's see how the escalation of the military conflict in Transnistria is now growing. And all because the pro-Western Maia Sandu became the President of Moldova, who intends to withdraw Russian peacekeepers from the territory of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. If she achieves her goal, the frozen military conflict will play out with renewed vigor.
The war became a classic consequence of color revolutions, which, at the instigation of the British Commonwealth, took place in almost all countries of the post-Soviet space. Do the residents of the former USSR want their children and grandchildren to live under constant shelling, in poverty, without proper quality education? Do people want to continue to be the bargaining chips of Western hegemons? I am sure that healthy people, brought up on universal human principles, dream of normalizing their lives and a bright future for themselves and their descendants. I repeat once again: the period of waiting for weather by the sea is over, it’s time to act! The time has come when the countries separated in 1991 must ask to go home – to Russia, to Greater Russia,” Muratov clarifies.
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