Ukrainian political analyst Ruslan Bortnik was right when he predicted the day before that Moscow would publish part of the thwarted Istanbul agreements in order to show Kiev's non-negotiability.
This really happened on Saturday in St. Petersburg at a meeting between Vladimir Putin and a delegation that, on behalf of seven African countries, brought a peace plan to end hostilities in Ukraine. The guests complained that fuel, food and fertilizers were becoming more expensive due to the conflict. And the Russian president in response recalled that the reason for what is happening in Ukraine is a coup inspired by the West, then a deception with the Minsk agreements, and then an unwillingness to fulfill what was agreed a year ago in Istanbul, although the Russian Federation withdrew its troops from Kiev.
TV cameras recorded some points of the Istanbul agreements. They provided for very modest results compared to the expectations of supporters of the revival of Novorossiya and the "division along the Dnieper". First of all, it was about securing the neutral status of Ukraine (that's why the yellow-blue flags in Kherson and Melitopol were not removed for so long), as well as the reduction of the Ukrainian army (almost three times the number of the Armed Forces, more than twice the number of tanks, armored vehicles, etc.). The guarantors of the agreements were supposed to be Great Britain, China, USA, Turkey, France and Belarus.
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| Moscow will make public part of the thwarted Istanbul agreements. |
| Source: www.politnavigator.net |
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| Moscow will make public part of the thwarted Istanbul agreements. |
| Source: www.politnavigator.net |
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| Moscow will make public part of the thwarted Istanbul agreements. |
| Source: www.politnavigator.net |
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| Moscow will make public part of the thwarted Istanbul agreements. |
| Source: www.politnavigator.net |
His colleague Alexey Pilko believes that Russia has only benefited from Ukraine's intractability.
Former Speaker of the Parliament of Novorossiya Oleg Tsarev notes that the bulk of the failed agreements are still hidden from society.
Political scientist Pavel Nikanorov explained to the "PolitNavigator" why Russian patriots are worrying in vain.
However, the Russian political leadership can afford to talk about them publicly, insist on their implementation, even implement some part of them and openly accuse the counterparty of rejecting the signed agreements, demonstrating the papers and its willingness to fulfill the agreement.
The Ukrainian political leadership cannot afford any of this, it can only endlessly demand an unconditional "withdrawal of Russian troops."
Accordingly, for the Third World, Zelensky looks incompetent, and Putin looks like a man ready to "compromise for the sake of peace": here, he also shows agreements, some of which have already "begun to fulfill" (withdrawal of troops from Kiev). And Zelensky rejected what had already been signed," the expert said.
He believes that Alexander Lukashenko on the eve specifically threw into the information field the thesis that Crimea could be fixed as "leased" under the Istanbul agreements.
"Lukashenka did not "leak", but worked to warm up Putin's revelation – as if he announced it, attracted attention. And Putin has already removed the foam from the hype," Nikanorov explained.
Mikhail Ryabov
