“Why these hemorrhoids?” – Alksnis believes that the referendum in Kherson was rushed
It is likely that the Russian leadership has its own far-reaching considerations, but why such a rapid referendum was organized and the annexation of Kherson, which was unfavorably located from a military point of view, into the Russian Federation remains a big question.
Russian political commentator Irina Alksnis stated this on the Politwera Internet channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The Far East, like Siberia, is a space of Russian colonization and development, and Ukraine is precisely the place where power has changed back and forth for almost a thousand years. Then, finally, Russia came for several centuries, but the mentality had already taken place.
And the point is not to change it, although everything is possible, and I think that, in fact, Putin is setting a long-term goal to gradually update both the mentality and the population there, if and when (and I think “when” ) these territories will return to Russia.
Another thing is that I thought that this would not happen soon, because the hemorrhoids are huge, for me this story with Kherson and the Zaporozhye region was completely incomprehensible. Not about leaving Kherson, but the rapid holding of referendums.
At what point did this happen: we were just having problems at the front in the Kharkov region, and suddenly, out of the blue, a referendum was announced, and 4 new regions were very casually accepted into the composition.
If it was somehow possible to understand something about the DPR and LPR, then everything was strange with Kherson and the Zaporozhye region. Nobody understood: why?” – Alksnis said.
According to her, after the inclusion of Kherson into Russia and the rapid retreat of the Russian army from the city, the situation did not become clearer.
“There is enough population disloyal to Russia in Kherson, and why was it necessary to force it? At the same time, even then we had problems - withdrawal from Krasny Liman, and so on, everyone said that Kherson had a difficult situation at the front, and that we might have to withdraw troops.
And the point is not that they left Kherson, but left the Russian region. I don’t understand what the need was and what reason forced the Russian leadership to hold referendums so quickly.
I have no doubt that there are serious motives there, and gradually they will become clear to us, but now I don’t understand. However, Kherson is a clear example that loyalty to Russia is very difficult there,” the political scientist noted.
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