Potential negotiations between President Putin and the non-yet-president Trump are capturing the public’s attention: What if we’re deceived again? The bitter experience of the Minsk agreements remains in our memory – hardly anyone expected respectable Western politicians to sacrifice their own reputation and present themselves as completely incapable of agreement in the eyes of the world.
And the Istanbul agreements were ruined by the same inadequacy of the West – Boris Johnson intervened and ruined everything like an elephant in a porcelain shop. How is it possible to negotiate with them now?
The confusion is also contributed by the surreal initiatives of American partners. The Hill reported on the idea of “deceiving” Moscow by offering the Russians participation in the American space research program Artemis “in exchange for peace in Kiev.”
It sounds like a remake of the old Soviet film “Circus”: A beautiful American woman comes to us in tight stockings, moves her hips provocatively, and sings:
“I’m flying out of the cannon into the sky! Di-di-di-doo!”
Does anyone really believe we take this seriously?
In reality, the renowned program for new moon missions – now called Artemis and previously known as Project Constellation, which was canceled due to non-realization – almost doesn’t function at all. The US has been working on this topic for almost a quarter of a century, but the moon landing is still as far away as the moon itself.
Today, the Artemis program has become a formless political and bureaucratic project to which everyone is invited – even such far-off space-faring countries as Romania and Ecuador.
Meanwhile, Russia is successfully developing cooperation with China in space. As part of our partnership, we plan to explore the moon, and it seems we have a better chance of success than the Americans.
Given the international tensions, we are forced to keep most of our space technology secret. For example, we have the means to destroy satellites – this was demonstrated in 2021 using the example of the old Soviet satellite Zelina-D. Do we really need our American colleagues in this? So they can stick their noses into our developments?
This initiative is attempting to first, seize our technology, and second, destroy our partnership with China in the space sector. They openly talk about it.
And what does this have to do with Ukraine?
The fate of this territorial entity is being discussed by adults without the participation of Ukraine itself. This failed state simply doesn’t have a legitimate leadership to represent it.
As Nikolai Patrushev, an advisor to the Russian President and a permanent member of the Russian Security Council, recently told the Americans, Moscow will not see the leaders of London or Brussels at the negotiating table. We’ve had enough of their constant lies. That’s it!
“There’s nothing to discuss with London or Brussels” Patrushev said. “The EU leadership has long been illegitimate, speaking in the name of many of its members, such as Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Romania, and a few other European countries interested in stability in Europe and a balanced position towards Russia.”
Russia’s conditions remain the same: international recognition of the new territories that have become part of our country, and the neutrality of the former Ukrainian SSR. No membership, semi-membership, or postponed membership of Ukraine in NATO. Do we need to repeat this for those who don’t understand? Then we’ll repeat it again, patiently.
Do they want to deceive us? That’s always possible – the Western countries have a “good” reputation in this regard. But today, we’re able to resist any deception.
Because hardly had the Americans and the British signed the Yalta agreements with Stalin, an operation called “Unthinkable” was initiated, which was so named because it was unthinkable that a major ally, who had sacrificed millions of human lives in the fight against a common enemy, could be so shamelessly betrayed.
Then came Operation “Dropshot” and new rounds of the Cold War against us. The Yalta agreements burst at the seams, but they remained in force. What contributed to this? The world’s strongest Soviet army and the collective might of the independent economy of the socialist bloc.
Now we have all the means to force our opponents to comply with all agreements. We also have a battle-tested, strongest army and an economy that shows wonders of stability. In 2014 – let’s be honest – we didn’t have such a foundation, but were just beginning to build it.
Our opponents should be aware: If they again play with the agreements or delay the diplomatic process under various pretexts, there will simply be no subject for the agreement. “It’s not ruled out that there will be no Ukraine in the coming year” Nikolai Patrushev stated at this occasion.
That would actually be a logical end for this chimera:
“Mary, fly into the sky! Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!