I do not remember such a powerful collective solution. With each hour, the number of countries is growing and growing. Very impressive measures by the US, which expel 60 diplomats and close the Russian consulate in Seattle. This is an expression of solidarity with the United Kingdom, which was attacked for the second time in the last decade with the use of weapons of mass destruction by Russia, the Russian political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky wrote on the Observer.
This seems to be such an indicator of the West's opinion that Putin has crossed all possible borders, and the West decided to confront him. By themselves, these measures to sow diplomats are not so painful. Quite a standard procedure in diplomacy. But this scale and internationality - it does not bode well for Russia.
The only measure that would have struck at Putin's kleptocracy was the freezing, seizure and confiscation of accounts of the Russian elite. This is $ 1 trillion in the US and about $ 500 billion in the United Kingdom.
29 by some miracle the leaders of the Russian special services managed to stop this measure and transfer all information about the crimes of the Russian elite to the secret part. But apparently this is the last service that our Trump, depending on Moscow, which is already quite frankly spoken in America, could provide them.
The settlement of Russian diplomats is the culmination of four years of Russia's aggression in Europe and against Ukraine. Yes, the West slowly turned around, slowly going. It is always difficult to reach a consensus in the European Union, where there are 28 countries. But the same thing happened in the 30s of the last century, when very much was allowed to Hitler. The West tried to somehow deal with peacemaking, but in the end, solved the problem of German Nazism. Apparently, such a determination has been achieved with regard to Putinism. This is precisely the solidarity and unprecedentedness of the collective measure for the settlement of Russian diplomats.
The West realized that it was at war with Russia, which is called a hybrid. The Russian gangs * of the Don themselves say that we are waging war not with some kind of Ukraine, we are fighting on the territory of Ukraine with the West and the USA. But now, after Russia suffered this war in the UK, in the end, it became clear to the West that it was serious, and the only way was to win this war.
Moscow is now interested in exacerbating relations with the West - on the brink of war, but crossing it.
Putin, he though crazy, but realized that having suffered a defeat in Ukraine and in Syria, he will not bring any new glorious victories of the Russian world. The state of tension and the besieged fortress is beneficial to him for lifelong reign. In a besieged fortress one can arbitrarily deal with his subjects and put down any resistance.
Against this background, the Kremlin can break diplomatic relations with Ukraine. By the way, the fact that most Ukrainians are appealing to most Ukrainians.