In Europe, it is believed that the recognition of Little Russia or of the separatist republics can be the main surprise of the election campaign of Vladimir Putin. This expert Konstantin Eggert said in a comment for DW.

"The project" Little Russia "can now look like a strange fantasy Zakharchenko. However, as the past 10 years have shown, what seems strange today, easily turns into a political reality tomorrow, - the expert believes, according to which, there are not so many real options to provide Vladimir Putin with a convincing victory in the elections.

Etgert believes that the strengthening of sanctions for the recognition of the independence of the "republics" of Russia is not threatened, and even if they are introduced, they will not be too stringent, as the US Administration is "absorbed in the Syrian war and North Korea, health reform and impending intermediate elections to Congress".

The only real problem for the Kremlin will be the predicted strengthening of Ukraine's position, which will again be a victim of Russia.

"After that, its president will not be bound by the Minsk agreements (they will simply lose all meaning) and completely get rid of even hypothetical Western pressure on the future political structure of the east of Ukraine," the expert believes..

Recall, yesterday Putin decided to analyze the idea of ??the leader of the terrorist "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Zakharchenko on the creation of a new state - "Little Russia".