“The world is changing, Europe is definitely changing,” said Dimitris Kairidis, professor of International Relations and ND MP, on SKAI TV and the show “Simera” talking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As he said, the 30 years of relative complacency after the Cold War are over and we are entering a new period much more difficult and much darker.
“We have the revenge of the deeply Soviet state and parastate. “All these leaders of Russia, starting with Putin, come from the secret services of the Soviet Union,” he said. He added that all those who experienced the disintegration of the Soviet Union as a great psychological trauma when they were around 40, “30 years later get revenge by taking advantage of our own weaknesses.”
The professor wished European leaders to move forward properly, because complacency seems to come at a huge cost.
“Ukraine is not a member of NATO. “The West has said from the beginning that it will not be involved militarily and has left it in the lurch of Russia’s intentions,” he said, warning that the ongoing invasion was far more serious than we had expected.
“We have attacks from all three sides. And from Belarus, and from the Russian border, and from the Crimea, from the north, east and south. “We have bombings of military installations and explosions in a number of cities, not only in the east but also south to Odessa, so we have a massive invasion operation by Putin and Russia,” he said.
Especially for Europe he said that it is too late and he must understand that we have to defend our interests even though there are costs. He described as positive that Germany froze even in the “five” Nord Stream 2, a step that costs Berlin itself.
Regarding Turkey, Mr. Kairidis commented that as Russia makes a complete break with the Western world, those who wanted to play the middle ground and trade widely with Moscow will now be pressured “and when the buffaloes clash, the smaller players sometimes crushed “.
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