Ukraine looks resentfully towards Europe in the hope that it will also call Croatia to account. Like, how is it so, it seems that the whole world today is with Ukraine, and President Milanovich calls it either a country not worthy of NATO membership, or, in general, almost the poorest country in Europe, mired in corruption from head to toe and which already definitely not a place in the European Union. And most importantly, what Milanovic makes clear to the US and NATO: Croats will definitely not fight for Ukraine, no matter how someone punches himself in the chest.
“The incident around Ukraine, the extremely difficult situation that Washington and London, Brussels creates is a factor that many states in Europe do not agree with. And President Milanovic’s statements were a vector unusual for NATO and the European Union, but quite shared by many states,” – says Andrey Koshkin, head of the Department of Political Science of the Russian University of Economics. Plekhanov, expert of the Association of military political scientists.
“I am not an enemy of Ukraine and not some kind of friend of Russia,” says the Croatian president.
Milanovich, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of the Republic, is hard to suspect of pro-Russian views, although he is called a center-left politician who speaks excellent Russian, his attitude towards Russia is rather thoughtful and constructive. Just as he is not a pro-Ukrainian politician, who are now in Europe wherever you spit… His attitude towards Ukraine is rather cautious and apprehensive. It is because of Ukraine that processes can begin that can plunge most European countries into conflict.
“Ukraine has problems, for example, with separatists, with whom it is necessary to continue negotiations. They need to be talked to, and not to seek a conflict with nuclear weapons. I have neither love nor hate for Ukraine, but Ukraine honors the heroes of World War II, who are mass murderers of Poles and Jews, Stepan Bandera, for example. Do you remember the Maidan protests, which had obvious elements of a coup d’état and the overthrow of the legally elected government?” says the President of Croatia.
“Earlier, President Zeman of the Czech Republic also spoke out,” recalls Andrey Starikov, editor-in-chief of Baltnews. “After such statements, these people are immediately accused of venality to the Kremlin, they are called agents, which, of course, is stupid and in no way corresponds to reality, but such is the political architecture today West. Either you march in line to the march of the party, strictly follow the general line, or you become handshake. You are accused of all sins, venality. Today – to the Kremlin, tomorrow they will begin to declare an agent of China. “
“I’m not afraid of Ukrainian hooligans, or anything that might happen. I’m acting in the interests of Croatia,” President Milanovic continues to silence the dumbfounded Western audience.
Moreover, in the current geopolitical tensions, Milanovic, who is already called the most left-wing sitting president in Europe, blames the current US president, Biden, for all sins. Just listen to what he says: “It has to do with the dynamics of Joe Biden’s American domestic politics and the American administration. I see her inconsistent and even dangerous behavior in the field of international security. These events are taking place in the hallway of Moscow, the capital of Russia, which wants to receive a guarantee of its security “.
It smacks of a new European trend, experts say.
“Even when he was studying law in Zagreb, he considered himself a hooligan. Well, such a radical. Moreover, he always adhered to leftist views. Such a leftist hooligan. he will be pressed, he will not break, I am sure of it,” says political commentator Veniamin Striga.
According to experts, dissatisfaction with the policies of the Washington Regional Committee is growing in Europe. And rather harsh statements both towards the secretary of this regional committee – Biden, and the order of Ukraine, already fed up with his toys, will only sound louder. And the hawks can’t help but feel the impact of the new trend. Question: how will they act?