I know how the Russian president is able to manipulate
Holding elections in the occupied areas of Donbas blocks Russia, which does not keep its promises, says a Czech politician and diplomat Karel Schwarzenberg.
“Now they say that you need to spend in the Donbass elections. I know how the Russian president is able to manipulate the electoral process and do not believe in free elections, even if the presence of Ukrainian and international observers. The issue of elections may appear on the agenda only after the withdrawal of Russian troops” – he said in an interview with “New time”.
He noted that after a visit to the Donbass had left strong impressions on the type of the plurality of destroyed houses in the cities and a huge queue at the checkpoint Zaitsevo in the Donetsk region.
“We talked to people on both sides of the border, they say they are tired of war, trying to survive, but their problems are not interesting Perhaps politicians -. Ukrainian and European – would cost more often to go and see, to see what is actually there happening, “- said Schwarzenberg.
According to him, with such neighbors as Russia, Ukraine needs to increase the defense capability of its own army.
“The possibility of Ukraine’s accession to NATO is now I do not see Try to enter into agreements with individual countries, do not focus only on the NATO is necessary to complete the reform of the army and become a reliable partner for its allies..”, – said Schwarzenberg.
Schwarzenberg am sure that will be the Ukrainian Crimea in the future. However, in his opinion, the process of de-occupation will need a lot of time and money.
“As long as Putin – the boss in Moscow, this deep crisis will continue, but even when you change the chances are slim I’ve been in the Crimea, and know how oppressed the Crimean Tatars the same way they harassed and now It’s a real tragedy….” , – he said.
Earlier Schwarzenberg compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Hitler.
“You know, I’m a very old man and I remember exactly the same Hitler’s arguments -.. If somewhere there are Germans, we must protect them so that everything that is happening now – if repetition of the tragedy that I have seen in my . child, the same slogans about protection, the same lack of respect for the law, the same dictatorship, “- said Schwarzenberg at the end of last year, Ukrainian journalists.
Karel Schwarzenberg, 79-year-old Czech politician and diplomat, best known for having twice been Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. In the 80 Schwarzenberg, head of the International Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. Held talks on human rights in the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Kosovo. In the early 1990s, he was chancellor under Czech President Vatslave Gavele, a dissident and moral authority. Moreover, Schwarzenberg and Havel linked not only work, but also friendship.
Sourse, 03/06/2016
