Russia uses tactics of intimidation in order to persuade the West to benefit the Kremlin development of events in the Donbass.

This was written by Russian political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin in his blog on "Apostrophe".

"The logic is this:" If you want us to return to the discussion of peace in the East of Ukraine, do this and that, accept our conditions for behavior in the gray zone and place peacekeepers only along the border (meaning the line of demarcation between forces ATU and militants and Russians in the Donbass, - "Apostrophe") ", - said Oreshkin.

He drew attention to the fact that it is much easier for Russia to apply this tactic than the West.

"These games are on the brink of war. They are, as the Kremlin suggests, winning for Putin. Because they mobilize their public opinion and frighten the West. And the West is shy.

In the West, the notion of an acceptable level of losses is very different from that of Russia: provisionally speaking, if five US marines die, then for Trump this will be a serious problem. And for Putin - five more orders will be given, five more times for three million relatives will be paid, and everything will be fine ... In this sense, it is much easier for Putin to manipulate public opinion on the brink of war. He understands and exploits this, "the Russian political scientist said..