James William

[Afshin Rattansi @afshinrattansi]

🇷🇺🇺🇦MUST-WATCH: PUTIN IN 2020 ON UKRAINE:

On whether friendship with Zelensky is possible: ‘Hope dies last, but unfortunately he came back from Paris and asked to restructure the Minsk agreements and that’s concerning.’

On Ukrainian statehood: ‘If a significant portion of the Ukrainian population have decided to embrace their nationality, we have to only respect that and stay in reality. But we should never forget who we are and where we come from. The founding fathers of Ukrainian nationalism never said that Ukrainians had to break relations with Russians. They said Ukraine is multinational and must become a federal state and has to have good relations with Russia. Looks like modern nationalists have forgotten all of this.’

On the goal of Washington to pit Ukraine and Russia against each other: ‘Someone really far away loves dividing Ukraine and Russia. They believe this task must be accomplished. As any union between Ukraine and Russia will create a superpower which will dominate all competition.’