Conditions for Ukraine are worse than Finland was in 40
Russia is effectively offering Ukraine terms of capitulation.
Political scientist Andrei Zolotarev stated this on the Politek video blog, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
«This is not even worse than Finlandization. In Finland, the Soviet Union allowed the Finnish political elite to save face. Yes, there were trials of Finnish war criminals, but it was all hushed up, very softly, it was not Nuremberg. Yes, the only country that paid reparations to the Soviet Union was Finland, but the amount there, I think, was 293 million marks, not an exorbitant amount. Yes, Finland lost 20% of its territory, but in part, yes, it essentially became neutral, non-aligned, but there were no such categorical conditions concerning the internal policy of the state.“- said Zolotarev.
According to the expert, Russia is not going to curtail military operations now.
"As long as we see the Russian offensive that is only gaining momentum - this is the Kursk operation, which smoothly grew into the Sumy operation, and there we all jumped with delight from the strikes on Russian regions, but just on Sunday we also lost Konstantinovka in the Sumy region, it continues near Pokrovsk, there is an advance near Chasovy Yar. She is biting off piece after piece, and Putin is convinced that in the autumn, while military fortune is on the side of the Russian army, Russia will be in much better conditions.“, the political scientist summarized.
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