France and Germany should not keep Russia close to the EU despite its identity and politics, political science professor and diplomat Romana Kuzniara writes in the Polish edition of Rzeczpospolita.

At the beginning of an 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 says to the Americans: " The West was not very imbued with this threat and sincerely decided to make Russia a friend. The policy of including Russia in the Western world ended in failure: a great supporter of the USSR came to power in Moscow, restoring an enemy long forgotten 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 will probably continue to be an enemy, but it will not be the same as before. It will be an enemy that the West will no longer have to reckon with..

While Putin unites the West, convinces Rzeczpospolita, but it is not easy to predict the consequences. The absence of the enemy that Russia was before will be a real challenge, especially for Europe. Moreover, the Russian Federation pretended that it is or wants to be a European country, and many in Europe even believed in this, Rzeczpospolita writes.. Putin's biggest gift to Europe, as a result of the all-out 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 coping with the Russian " Some people, especially in Paris and Berlin, can't believe it.. What's more, they can't deal with it.. But in the end, the history of Russia's presence in Europe is relatively short, and Moscow has by no means tried to truly become part of the European world, the professor notes..

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 needs to grow up. It is only necessary that Paris or Berlin do not bother her with an excess of their "