POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF MOSCOVY/RUSSIA’S CENTURIES-OLD AGGRESSION AGAINST ITS NEIGHBORS
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2415-881x.2025.98.185-200
Abstract
The article analyzes historical episodes of Russian-Ukrainian relations, two Chechen wars, the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war that give grounds to state the centuries-old aggression of Muscovy/Russia against its neighbors. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the Seventh Interim Report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, which states the facts of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law during the Russian war of aggression.
Separately, the speeches of the President of Ukraine and transcripts of briefings of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine were examined, which give grounds to claim that Putin has rejected all peace proposals and is increasing the level of violence and terror of the civilian population by launching hundreds of drones and missiles at civilian infrastructure.
It has been demonstrated that, thanks to modern mass media, Russia failed to hide from the world the crime of aggression against Ukraine under the pretext of a «special military operation», unlike Chechnya and Georgia.
It has been established that at this year’s NATO summit, Russia was recognized as a long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security along with the persistent threat of terrorism. It is emphasized that Putin is stuck in the 19th century and the USSR, he wants to be the new “Perth the Great” and write his name in history as the one who restored the Russian Empire. But it is a great madness to wage a 19th century war in the 21st century! It is obvious that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a fatal mistake of the Putin regime and a terrible crime against humanity that will forever remain in the textbooks of world history and international relations.
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