Ukraine is to Russia as the Old Woman is to the Goldfish
Ukraine squandered its Soviet inheritance, and is now trying to correct the plight with claims in Crimea and Donbass, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Former Deputy Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Alexander Romanovich said this today on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, commenting on yesterday’s call by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko not to hesitate in filing lawsuits in international courts.
“The Ukrainian SSR was a serious European power with a GDP level higher than that of Germany, 30% of the economic power of the USSR. It held leading positions in the world in the space industry, automotive industry, and shipbuilding. Nikolaev was the pride of Soviet shipbuilding. Today Ukraine Ukraine's GDP is 8% of Russian GDP. In terms of this indicator, it is lower than Venezuela, which is on the verge of riots today,” Romanovich said.
He also recalled that after the collapse of the USSR, Russia took on all debts, of which a third were Ukrainian, and paid off everything.
“Today, when you are at a broken trough, the goldfish will not appear. Asking her for 110 billion for Crimea is a cry of despair. Your claims will have no results,” Romanovich said.
Ukraine treats Russia like an Old Woman treats a Goldfish.