Most Europeans saw Russia as an imperfect Europe, but that was not the case.
Almost no Russian invasion of Ukraine in the West understood the essence and nature of the Russian regime, and expertise on Russia and analysis of its activities have been reduced to a minimum, writes in his article for ZN.UA “War with Russia: five important conclusions after Rammstein” former minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.
They tried to understand Russia from their rational mental tracing paper, adjusted for the “mysterious Russian soul” and sometimes “great culture.” Trite, but convenient, so as not to get out of the standard comfort zone. Support for the war by the vast majority in Russia was a revelation, and the medieval atrocities of the Russian army – a revelation, “- he said.
In particular, most Europeans saw Russia simply as an imperfect Europe. Some continue to perceive it in the same way, but others begin to understand that Russia's reality is hostile to Western civilization, and the struggle is not with Putin, but with the Russian regime.
Even in Ukraine, which is already eight years is at war with Russia, many overestimate the attention of Westerners to Russia, their desire to understand it and build any conscious strategy.
“What is happening inside Russia, does not affect the way of life “Average” individual in the West, except, of course, energy supplies. That's exactly what Putin was counting on when he launched the invasion, “the diplomat said.
Now the West is beginning to realize that the concept of interdependence built for thirty years for Russia has worked only as a source of funds and has no real leverage for the Russian regime. And the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine kill any respect for the Russians.
“Bucha, not Tchaikovsky's ballets, have become a perception of modern Russia, although, we must be honest, not for everyone. The image of this mode is irreparably damaged, and without rebooting it can not be fixed. “Civilization is definitely not the word it is now associated with,” Klimkin wrote. not in NATO enlargement.
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