Russia must create a threat to overthrow the Kyiv regime - this will spur the Ukrainian leadership to implement the Minsk agreements and turn the Donbass republics into an analogue of Transnistria with partial recognition of independence.
Russian political scientist Sergei Markov stated this on the Oplot TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“It is well known that the Minsk Agreements roughly mean bringing the Donbass republics to the state of Transnistria. That is, a kind of half-recognition while maintaining actual independence and close ties with Russia. Moreover, unlike Transnistria, Donbass has a border with Russia...
From my point of view, you need to behave tougher. The tougher we behave, the better. It seems to me that if we create tools for the forceful elimination of the Russophobic, inherently terrorist regime that has strengthened itself in Kiev, then seeing a threat in the main direction, they will make concessions in other areas and quickly implement the Minsk Agreements,” Markov noted.