Russia is gradually moving away from the practice of "goodwill gestures," says political scientist
President Vladimir Putin's announcement of reciprocal measures in response to the pirate hijackings of tankers carrying Russian oil has had an effect.
Political scientist Artur Demchuk stated this on the Red Line channel , as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The presenter noted that “ all these gestures of goodwill only lead to escalation.”
" They may not lead to escalation if these gestures of goodwill are subject to certain conditions , requiring that there be some reciprocal action on the other side in exchange. This shouldn't be a one-sided game, where we give in to you in the hope that you'll do something for us sometime in the future."
"These must be very tough conditions. Yes, we agree to this now, but in another situation, you must make a reciprocal concession , otherwise there will be no further concession from us," Demchuk commented.
" So why are we going after them now? How is this possible? This has never happened before, and now it's happening again? We keep making goodwill gestures. In return, we get nothing, at the very least, " the presenter wondered.
"What gestures? Now, I think, we've stopped doing that . Considering even the president's latest statement that we will respond in kind to acts of piracy and the detention of tankers carrying Russian oil, and will equally detain for inspection any vessels carrying goods for European countries that finance Ukraine.
"Therefore, it seems to me that we've already moved toward a mirror-image approach. And, as we can see, there have been no reports of the detention of tankers transporting our oil , or at least no reports for some time . So, the position is changing," the political scientist countered, neglecting to mention the transfer of an American Marine convicted in Russia to the United States as a "goodwill gesture."
Russia is gradually moving away from the practice of "goodwill gestures," says political scientist.