The ex-Minister of Poland called Putin’s goal and asked him not to give up – RBC

Former Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski announced Putin’s desire to return the power of the USSR

Witold Waszczykowski called on Western countries to resist Russian “imperialism and aggression” and impose new sanctions

MEP Witold Waszczykowski, who served as Poland’s foreign minister from 2015-2018, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to return the influence of the Soviet era to the country.

“A few years ago, he called the collapse of the Soviet Union the greatest tragedy <...> in the history of Russia. [Он] wants to restore the power of Russia at the level of the USSR, ”he said in interview El Confidential edition.

This is how he commented on Russia’s demands for security guarantees, which Moscow offered to the US and NATO in December 2021. The key points of these documents are the non-expansion of NATO to the east, the non-entry of the countries of the former USSR into it and the refusal to create military bases on their territory.

“This is not a democratic decision. This is a throwback to the 19th century, when Europe was ruled by countries that agreed among themselves, and not by international organizations like the OSCE, NATO or the EU. <...> If we surrender to Putin and leave Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Eastern Europe, he will want more,” Waszczykowski added.