War against Ukraine destroys Russian myth
France and Germany should not keep Russia close to the EU despite its identity and politics, writes Polish science professor and diplomat Roman Kuzniar in the Polish edition Rzeczpospolita .
At the beginning of the article on the geopolitical situation in Europe, the author quotes an anecdote from the end of the Cold War, when one of the Soviet officials told the Americans:” Now we will do you the worst: we will take away your enemy. ” The West was not very concerned about this threat and sincerely decided to make Russia a friend. Russia's policy of joining the Western world has failed: A great supporter of the USSR came to power in Moscow and restored a long-forgotten enemy in the West. In his anti-Western fervor, Putin went even further, the newspaper writes.
The war against Ukraine destroys the Russian myth , we read on the pages of Rzeczpospolita. Russia is likely to continue to remain an enemy , but it will no longer be the same as before. This will be an enemy that the West will no longer have to reckon with.
unites the West , says Rzeczpospolita, but it is not easy to predict the consequences . The absence of the enemy that Russia has been so far will be a real challenge, especially for Europe. Too much that Russia pretended to be or wants to be a European country , and many in Europe even believed in it , writes Rzeczpospolita. Putin's biggest gift to Europe, as a result of the full-scale war he launched in February, will be Russia's exclusion from Europe .
The author writes that the European community could breathe a sigh of relief and say: finally! But dealing with Russia's “unfortunate gift of freedom” can be difficult for many . Some people, especially in Paris and Berlin, can't believe it . What's more, they can't stand it . But in the end, the history of Russia's presence in Europe is relatively short , and Moscow has not tried to really become part of the European world, the professor emphasizes.
In the light of past experience, it will be better for Europe if Russia stays at home. Europe cannot impose good neighborliness on Russia. Russia must take care of this itself. She has to grow up. It is only necessary that Paris or Berlin do not bother her with the excess of their “good intentions”, the publication concludes.
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