Why Putin agreed to a police OSCE mission in Donbass
OSCE observers working on the demarcation line between the APU and the militia of the DNI / LC. Photo OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.
Obsession of Ukraine — the introduction of foreign police forces in the Donbas finally found a response among partners in the Normandy format. More precisely, the main partner of Vladimir Putin, because desires, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel can be neglected.
The Russian President suddenly readily agreed to the armed police mission in the OSCE. That immediately alarmed Ukrainians who immediately felt the catch: since Putin, then we do something we ask.
Mustafa Nayyem, member of Parliament:
Don’t really understand what will be the effectiveness of such a mission, given the questions I have now to her work. I’m afraid such an initiative could be the beginning of the Georgian scenario — freezing of the conflict in any period, then the requirement for the introduction to the mission of Russian “peacekeepers” with the subsequent provocation of the hot phase of the war and the introduction of Russian troops in the defense of its contingent.
But maybe I blow on cold. I want to understand the mission’s mandate, composition and functions.
In fact, the unexpected consent of Vladimir Putin was only for the forgetful — this topic he had already raised on 14 April during the “Straight line”.
Vladimir Putin, Russian President:
We have recently had a conversation with Petr Poroshenko, it is suggested that his proposal was to strengthen the OSCE presence, including his proposal to the OSCE staff was a weapon on the boundary line, and to achieve full ceasefire.
I think this is a good proposal, we support that. But you need now with Western partners consider that the OSCE has made this decision, would greatly increase the number of its employees and, if necessary, prescribed in the mandate of the possible existence of firearms.
Actually, this little new about the participation of the OSCE in resolving the conflict between Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk is explicitly stated in UN security Council resolution 2202 (2015). To arm or not to arm the personnel of the mission with a pistol — is not important. However, Vladimir Putin did not mention the important point: a change in the mandate of the OSCE mission requires the consent of not only the 57 member States, but the DNR / LNR as the parties to the conflict. I doubt that the President has forgotten about this nuance.
But frankly, I see no reason for objections proclaimed republics. Although they are still mind.
The police of the OSCE mission already worked in Eastern Slavonia (1998-2000), in Macedonia (2001-2002) in Kyrgyzstan (2011). Their main task — to observe the work of territorial divisions of the interior Ministry and counselling to restore public order and reduce tensions in times of crisis settlement and post-conflict reconstruction. In addition, the activities of the police aimed at assisting local authorities in upholding the rule of law, developing and reforming the local police, the prevention of violations of human rights, the fight against crime.
The composition of these missions police advisers, with experience in law enforcement and in areas of ethnic conflict, and know the local conditions and customs, master the local language. As external distinctive signs, members of police missions have national police uniforms of those countries which sent them, the coloured helmet or beret and a white armband with the inscription “Police adviser of the OSCE.”
That is, it is primarily about the restoration of the militia, if we’re talking about DNR / LNR, and the police, if you have in mind Ukraine. If they need such assistance, determine Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk through negotiations. Otherwise no country – member of OSCE, its police in the conflict zone are just not sent, so as not to expose people to the bullets.
There is in the organization’s history (or rather, its predecessor, called the conference on security and cooperation in Europe) and the attempt to arm the police mission in 1993. “Then we developed a plan for full-scale peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, involving the deployment of observers in CSCE Karabakh with the function of separation of the warring parties,” recalls TASS.
However, the further intentions business is not has gone — I suppose because armed international police with such a serious mandate to be peacemakers. And peacekeeping — the case of the armed forces.
It turns out that Vladimir Putin agreed with Poroshenko, because ukroprezident does not understand is simple: armed with the staff of the OSCE mission or not, their mission will not change. Apparently, in Kiev, as always, I believe that outsmarted the whole world. Although the world is surprised by the perseverance with which Petro Poroshenko breaking into the open door.
As for the concerns of Mustafa Nayem, like the wily Vladimir Putin is preparing the Georgian script, the Deputy-maydanovtsa you can reassure any duplicates will not be the President of the Russian Federation never enters the same river twice. I believe events will unfold in a different scenario — sooner or later Europe will get tired of warlike message and she will return to Russia with the request to solve this problem by means of “polite people” to repay finally, the simmering conflict.
This can happen, for example, in the case if you killed a police officer with the mandate of the OSCE — from a stray bullet or a shell fragment. No matter, was an employee of the mission while armed or not.
And you know what happens next? Putin refuses to solve the problem alone — only in cooperation with Western armed forces. And insist on his. But first probably I repeat my question: “do You realize now what you’ve done?”
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Kiev for the first time publicly stated that the local elections in DND and LNR must be held before the transfer of control over the border to the Ukrainian side. About this yesterday in his speech in the Verkhovna Rada said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.
Pavel Shipilin
