The Russian state-run media outlet RIA Novosti may have inadvertently sharpened an article by the author of which he outlines the world after the Russian victory in Ukraine.
Pyotr Akopov, a journalist with right-wing, conservative principles since the early 1990s, was the author of the article, which was only briefly available on the Russian state media portal RIA Novosti, entitled "The Russian Offensive and the New World". In it, Akopov writes that the tragedy of 1991 has finally been overcome (here he is referring to the disintegration of the Soviet Union) and that Russia is regaining its historical wholeness, restoring the fragmented Russian world and uniting its constituent peoples, the Russians, Belarusians and Little Russians (the name given to Ukrainians since Tsarist times).
There is an interesting dichotomy in the writing, which makes it difficult to know when this article was intended for publication. At one point, Akopov writes that Ukraine has returned to Russia, which might lead one to think that we are dealing with a premature declaration of victory, but at another point he writes that the Russian and Ukrainian armies are still shooting at each other. Two conclusions can be drawn from this: either the article was not originally intended to be published at the moment of victory, but at a time when the prospect of a positive end to the war was already on the horizon, or Akopov expects that a war fought by conventional means could be followed by a protracted guerrilla war.
Apart from this uncertainty, what is strikingly clear from the article is what the Russian state news agency's official thinks is the fate of Ukraine. Pyotr Akopov says that, although Ukrainian statehood will not be abolished, it will be reorganised and restored to its 'natural state', i.e. incorporated into the Russian world. How this will eventually be done will be decided when the history of anti-Russian Ukraine comes to an end.
According to Akopov, Russia's relations with the West will also be taken to a new level. He believes that Europe must recognise Russia's historic borders and, while he is indignant about this, he must acknowledge in his heart that it could not have happened otherwise.
Akopov also indulges in a brief but hotly debatable historical argument that the present unification of Europe could not have happened without German reunification, made possible by the good will of the Russians. He also describes how the West's aim was to destroy Russia, which failed, so much so that it now stands in its former glory before the peoples of the old continent. The West believes that relations with it are vital for the Russians, but Akopov says that this is not the case. Western pressure will not work in Russia, and there will be casualties on both sides, but the Russians are prepared for this on the geopolitical and moral plane, while the West will have to pay a heavy price, and not primarily on the economic front.
Europe, led by the Anglo-Saxons and confronted with the Russians, will lose its autonomy, and the Atlanticists' joy will be short-lived, because they may have succeeded in uniting Europe against Russia, but this will ultimately lead to the collapse of the project. Of course, Akopov did not say how he came to this conclusion.
Finally, Akopov also talks about the new world order, saying that neither China, nor Latin America, nor Africa, nor the Islamic world believe that the West is the leader of this new world, and so they do not accept it dictating the rules of the game. Russia has thus not only defied the West, but has also shown that the era of Western global domination is over once and for all.
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