... the goal being to create a globally economic successful Region including Helsinki – Saint Petersburg – Pskov – Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania – Kaliningrad – Stockholm. The participation of Danes, Poles, and Germans is welcome, but not required.
Ukraine
Minsk agreements are fine, but one of the reasons they have not worked in practice is, that there has been no solution in sight, how the situation could be permanently settled. Today, Russia has consolidated its position, and therefore Russia ...
... what they actually want, because until recently Beijing had been rigidly orientated towards self-development at the expense of foreign policy ambitions. Today, international objectives are coming to the forefront. So, forecasting China's national interests ... ... the use of not just standard economic and military tools but also information assets.
Both the outbreak and deepening of the Ukraine crisis are absolutely contrary to Russia's interests.
Could you predict the outcome of the Ukraine crisis? Is there a ...
... his concerns for Russia’s economic future and said that the country must be open to working with the U.S. and NATO.
On foreign policy
Russia would like to normalize relations with the U.S. and Europe, but it would be unreasonable to ignore the increasing ... ... And in Russia, Muslims constitute a significant portion of the population - more than 18 million citizens.
On the situation in Ukraine
Can we still speak of Russia's interest in having the southeast remain a part of Ukraine? My answer is yes; I believe ...
... there is a Russian military presence in the peninsula and of course that might also have an impact on the referendum. However, having said that, I still believe that the overwhelming majority of Crimeans would prefer to stay with Russia than with the Ukraine. The sense of any Ukrainian identity within the peninsula is not strong developed and I would even venture to say that Russia is associated with a potential miracle from this viewpoint: those in Crimea are not different from those in Kiev. In ...
