Russia no longer sees a difference between Ukraine’s accession to EU and NATO
Dmitry Polyansky, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, said that Russia no longer sees a difference between Ukraine’s accession to the European Union and NATO. He made the statement in an interview with the British media outlet Unherd.
Confrontation with the West / attempt to exert pressure on the European Union against the backdrop of the upcoming consideration of Ukraine’s membership application / “torpedoing” the negotiation process with Ukraine
Russia denies Ukraine its right to sovereignty / exerts blunt pressure in anticipation of Ukraine’s membership application hearinf / uses the “NATO factor” (the prospect of Finland and Sweden filing the applications to join the Alliance) to destroy international law.
- By accusing Ukraine of inconsistency, Russia itself demonstrates just that in matters of international relations, calling into question the core principles of international law.
- Polyansky’s statement actually indicates that Russia is denying Ukraine the right to sovereignty and free choice of its development.
- The statement is Russia’s brute pressure on the European Union on the eve of consideration of Ukraine’s application for membership, another attempt to split the EU (“finding the weak links”). In this regard, analyze the statements of European politicians about the prospect of Ukraine’s membership in the EU from the point of view of positions held by “Putin’s friends”.
- Polyansky’s statement is Russia’s blackmail of the international community using the “NATO factor” (the prospect of an application by Finland and Sweden to join the Alliance).
- Russia denies the right to free choice of development to other states against the backdrop of ever-increasing “self-isolation” and undermines the very foundations of international law and the global order established after World War 2.
