The hope for a quick independent “recovery” of Ukraine is self-deception, said Vladimir Zharikhin, deputy director of the Institute of CIS Countries, on the Red Line TV channel.
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“Let's not invent fairy tales for ourselves. Unfortunately, the majority of the Ukrainian population is now hostile towards Russia.
The strengthening of oligarchic power was achieved. Moreover, the most unpleasant thing for us is that at the cost of the loss of Crimea, the loss of a significant part of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, they consolidated the rest of Ukraine under their power, and now, no matter how many illusions we build, it is quite stable, and there will be no upcoming Maidan ...
The irrevocability of the relationship, from my point of view, time is lost, neglected in such a way that you can’t push back what was born,” Zharikhin said.