The Ukrainian politician was forced to be frank: “It was worse in Crimea without Putin”
Russia successfully bypasses sanctions restrictions, develops GDP and wins even with “bad cards” in hand, and the country’s President Vladimir Putin is the strongest politician in the world.
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeny Balitsky stated this on the Nash TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Putin and Russia now, his administration are gaining weight in politics. That is, all these flows are “Northern”, “Southern”, “Power of Siberia”, the army and many other factors that influence. GDP growth, the ability to cope with the opposition within one’s own country, and so on. If these factors show that you are a strong politician, then everyone will talk to you, and the sanctions will gradually be lifted, and they will forget about Crimea, just as they forgot about Yugoslavia and Kosovo.
In this case, it is a matter of interests. A strong country will be respected and spoken to. Russia, despite all the factors, is now gaining, economically, and Putin is the strongest politician, this is noted by everyone today, despite the fact that you and I may categorically not like the attitude of his administration towards Ukraine, towards our country. But from a political point of view, this is the most powerful politician who plays with bad cards much better than those who play with good cards,” Balitsky said.
The politician also shared his impressions of visiting Crimea, emphasizing that under Ukraine the peninsula could not dream of such development.
“I go to Crimea, see what’s happening with Crimea. If this was our Crimea, I would be twice as happy. But I’m still happy because Ukrainians live there, because we consider it ours. Because a huge number of incredible roads and thermal power plants are being built, they solved the problem with the blackout, which was in electricity and water.
They solve a whole series of problems, which, well, excuse me, whether we would like it or not, but this is a fact... Under us, unfortunately, when the flag was Ukrainian, so many roads were not built. It is a fact? It is a fact. Power plants have been built,” Balitsky said.
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