The lack of reaction to the victory of the Maidan in 2014 would be more profitable for the Kremlin from the economic and political point of view than the military invasion and annexation of the Crimea.

This opinion on his Facebook page was shared by journalist Pavel Kazarin.

According to him, in 2014 Moscow would "easily turn around Moscow without simply driving Ukraine into a corner".

"In 2005, there were again discounts for gas and contractual supplies. Following was the revenge of the Party of Regions. Five years after Viktor Yushchenko's oath Viktor Yanukovych won the presidential election. The economy won politics and subordinated it to itself, "the journalist reminded..

Kazarin is sure that just as the Kremlin could do in 2014 - for example, to condemn the shooting on the Maidan and instead of annexing the Crimea to promise Kiev new loans.

"The Ukrainian elite would gladly agree to this, because she would not even have to leave the comfort zone. There would be no volunteer battalions, no volunteers, no army. Boeing safely flew to its destination. Sanctions and counter-suits would be the lot of science fiction writers. Russia would preside at the G8, and the fall in oil prices was compensated by international loans, "he added..

The author believes that Russian inaction in 2014 has become a much more effective way of responding to the Maydan than a military invasion.

"Moscow pushed Kiev with military and diplomatic slaps and now has to watch how the former union republic bristles with an army, self-consciousness and political nation. And could not do anything - and get almost everything, "he concluded..