Another Perspective on Swedish-Ukrainian Relations

... who stated that “every carrot to Kyiv is a stick to Moscow.”[6] While Bildt was speaking in general about how the United States and the European Union should respond to Moscow, the same stratagem remains true for Sweden; every carrot from Sweden to Ukraine will further prod Russia. Sweden’s current discussion regarding a foreign aid package to Ukraine shows that the country is trying to abate Russophobia in a strategic manner. The discussion of the parliament in June 2014 decided that the ...