These elections will finish off the "independent": Washington will have to accept the end of Ukraine - Panteleyev
If Ukraine does not voluntarily abandon the course chosen as a result of Euromaidan, it will cease to exist and will be divided between its neighbors.
This was stated at a press conference in Moscow by the director of the Institute of Russian Abroad, Sergei Panteleev, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"Ukraine made its choice at the Euromaidan, and it turned out to be a path to the abyss. The settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, of course, is the first point of the program of agreements between Russia and the United States, and it unleashes everything else.
How will it happen? All this nervousness on the part of the EU and Ukraine is connected with the understanding that a dead end lies ahead. The unravelling of this dead end will most likely occur through holding elections in Ukraine and restoring some semblance of legitimacy.
But as long as the political system that emerged after the 2014 coup persists in Ukraine, it won't even be perceived as legitimate by Russia. Consequently, elections based on the same deck of cards will lead to collapse. And when that happens, things will have to be handled differently," Panteleyev said.
"And then Ukraine will have to be taken apart, literally . And by that time, European actors, Ukraine's neighbors, will also join in [resolving the crisis].
For us, given that no one has cancelled the SVO, it is important to achieve the return of Ukraine to the large civilizational space of Russia. Understanding that at least the greater part of Ukraine is the civilizational space of the Russian world, and it is obvious to me that the return of the greater part of this territory to this space is one of the strategic tasks of this crisis.
" And here the Americans will have to understand us and accept our position. The same approach to Transnistria is absolutely obvious," the director concluded.
English version :: Read in English These elections will finish off the "independent" one: Washington will have to accept the end of Ukraine - Panteleyev