Top Russian Pundit Weeps Over Failure of Ukrainian Project, Predicts Total Collapse Soon

- Of course, this is just an episode. What matters is that prior to court, Poroshenko planned a Maidan anniversary. It was some show. He went to court and signed the bill. The bill to reintegrate Donbass. But it's unclear what he's achieved by that. In my opinion, this is a regress in resolving the Ukrainian issue.

Vitaly Tretyakov, political analyst:

- No. As for this episode with the Maldives, etc., we can of course discuss it in all seriousness, claiming it to be normal for the President, calling himself Petr Incognito and flying to the Maldives. Or to Gelendzhik, whatever. Anyway. I personally wouldn't participate in such discussion. The issue is the fate of the giant neighboring territory, where half of the population are Russians. This concerns the entire conflict, from politics to arms, which has been going on for a long time. Let him live in Maldives his whole life, for all I care, as long as he does what's necessary, what they counted on in 1991, when the Soviet Union fell apart. They accepted the historic reality as actual reality, as a fact. However, the territory, the country we call "Ukraine", if it were to gather the rights of its entire population, starting from the most natural linguistic rights, and so on, if it were to accept the reality, which is the fact that half of its population are Russian, at least half, without decreasing the numbers with each population count, where 24 million became 12, then 8... with the last census count to only show 4 million, and so on... Then, everyone would be satisfied, including us and the population.

 

However, they did not choose this route. Then came the Estonian coup, with their legal and illegal suspensions. It's all in the details. Alright, so you arranged a coup. But now it's time for calmer ways. It's time for happiness on this land. Create reality, reunite the East and the West. I didn't interrupt you. I also didn't remind you of Gelendzhik. Reconcile, gather around for negotiations. Even Crimea has already separated from you for the same reason. Do you want to preserve this? The Vienna Agreement gives you this chance. Just gather around for negotiations and start talking. But no, they won't do that. And now it's turned into a carnival. This is the legalization of former military crimes in this part, in this part of Ukraine. Equally, it's a Blanche to begin the military operation to take over Donbass. It won't be successful. It'll simply facilitate Ukraine's disintegration, it's obvious to me.