Russia deprived Ukraine the illusion that you can continue to enjoy the post-Soviet stagnation
Dmitry Medvedev said that does not rule out a rupture of diplomatic relations with Ukraine after the Crimean saboteurs.” And this is another story about how Moscow is Kiev doing his homework, writes journalist Pavel Kazarin for the Crimea.Realities.
The story of the “Crimean saboteurs”, when the foreman and the driver, breaking through to the Crimea, killed two personnel of the Russian special forces, continues to make a hole in the water. Apparently, Russia seriously intends to use this case to ensure that in the eyes of the West to accuse Ukraine were unable to negotiate and demand a review of relations with Kiev by Washington and Brussels. The message is simple – if Ukraine is involved in terror, you will not be able to support and insist on Kiev scenario, the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Moscow from the very beginning relied on to return the Donbass in Ukraine as an autonomy with the retention of power itself controlled by militants. And Ukraine this process is slowed as best they could – and the West has increasingly been in negotiations on her side. Alleging, inter alia, that the liability for violating the truce is the reason for the extension of sanctions against the Kremlin. Apparently, in Moscow from this at some time got tired and decided to go for broke.
And now the Kremlin is using the story of the “Crimean saboteurs” trying to put pressure on Europe and the United States. The ideal scenario for Moscow is that the West has given up on Kiev and expressed solidarity with the position of the Russian leadership. But if that doesn’t happen, Moscow will threaten growth escalation. Covering his militancy by the fact that she has a formal occasion to apply the response to the state, which allegedly sending subversive groups into the territory of the Russian Federation which considers its property.
And in the words of Dmitry Medvedev about the rupture of diplomatic relations between Kiev and Moscow in this context, there are no surprises. In fact, even now, both countries have no ambassadors, these functions are performed by a chargé d’affaires. But in another case: Russia repeatedly performs for Ukraine her homework.
It started immediately after independence. The annexation of Crimea was an event that undermined the idea of any political rapprochement between the countries after the change of power in Kiev. And then Moscow began to chop off all of the many economic umbilical cord that connects the two States.
Twenty-three post-Soviet years, the Kremlin has subjected its economy to the interests of his policy, forcing the neighbors to subordinate its policy to the interests of its economy. And all Ukrainian political reality “multi-vector” largely grew out of the desire of the elites to sit on a few export economic chairs. Moscow has used a variety of preferences precisely in order to dislodge from neighbouring countries with the necessary political concessions. Trade wars, nitpicking sanitary, gas prices – the methods used are different. The main allies of the Kremlin in the former Soviet Union have in common is not the value bound to Russia, and economic. And until recently, Ukraine was no exception.
Moreover, the Ukrainian political elite to the last wanted to preserve the economic status quo. Political ideals and beliefs were not, but because in the first place came the desire to monetize the policy. Political parties who exploited the Pro-Russian agenda, was a product of the business clans, interested in the Russian market.
And now Russia itself cuts off any possibility for their existence. Moreover, it independently confirms the transfer of geopolitical boundaries. Because from now on the economic border between the EU and the customs Union is not inside Ukraine and on its Eastern border.
After the annexation of Crimea Moscow closed the Russian market for Ukrainian products – forcing Ukrainian producers to shift to other countries. Introduced aviasanktsii for Ukrainian airlines – forcing Kiev to enter the mirror steps. Restrict its labor market for Ukrainian citizens – forcing those to look for an alternative. Even a point in the question of the supply of electricity to the Crimea were put by the Kremlin, with the filing by January 1, 2016 polls conducted a survey and declared that Crimeans do not want the resumption of the supply of electricity from the Ukrainian mainland and are willing to suffer”.
That Moscow has denied Kiev the illusion that you can continue to enjoy the post-Soviet stagnation. The one that, in fact, zeroed first independence, when victory street turned cosmetic changes to the system, but not in any way impact on its architecture. And now the Kremlin is even ready to talk about the rupture of diplomatic relations.
In fact, Moscow repeatedly executes the agenda, the dream of the Ukrainian “hawks”. Who from the beginning insisted that the retention of any ties with the aggressor state is unacceptable. But Kiev is due to objective and subjective reasons for it to go, hesitated.
And now for it in Moscow.
Paul casarin Leading телеканалаICTV, obozrevateli.Realities
