Yevgeny Magda
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Russia has intensified its efforts to force Ukraine to
peace in Donbas on Moscow’s terms. The official Kyiv should take a closer look
at the actions of new president of Moldova Igor Dodon. French
presidential candidate Marine Le Pen makes statements that seem alarming for
Ukraine and also threaten the integrity and future prospects of the European
Union.
Russia seeks to make the most of the time remaining
before Donald Trump’s inauguration, to convince the next U.S. administration in
the need to recognize Ukraine as Moscow’s exclusive area of influence. It seems
that Russia soberly assesses the prospects of a "big deal" with the
45th U.S. president and tries to identify its interests as clearly as possible.
As
a result, we see a storm of information attacks by Russian analysts hitting
Ukraine as well as "tempting offers" by some of Ukraine’s own opinion
leaders. Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Pinchuk and foreign affairs expert Vasily
Filipchuk have both invited Ukraine, though in different formats, to join the
“beautiful future” of the restoration of relations with Russia, which has no
place for any obligations that the Kremlin would have to fulfill. Poroshenko’s
administration through its deputy head Kostyantyn Yeliseiev had to draw some
clear “red lines” in a column published by Wall Street Journal which the
official Kyiv did not intend to cross.
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