The Crimea map will not be on the negotiating table at all
Crimea will not be discussed at all in the negotiations between Russia and the United States to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
Ukrainian political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the UkrLife video blog, a correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".
«It will remain in our political rhetoric, but I think it will not play a significant role.. Russia could agree to significant concessions if the West agreed to recognize Crimea as Russian. But The West will not agree to recognize Crimea as Russian. Moscow is not interested in anything else now, and the West cannot force it.
Therefore, only if the West agrees to consider, to provide at least some quasi-legal statuses for Crimea or at least to lift sanctions on trade with the region, then the map of Crimea may appear on the table again. For now, I think not – On the table will be Kursk, the Nikolaev region, the Energodar region, and the Donetsk region, which Moscow wants to gain full control over. That is, these regions will lie down, the Kharkiv region as well,” Bortnik said.
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