Cohen: in Ukraine today, less democracy than under Yanukovych

In the heat of confrontation with Russia, the US policy not to notice that the Kiev regime, which They support, has nothing to do with democracy, says the historian, specialist on the USSR And Russia Stephen Cohen in conversation with the journalist And writer Patrick Smith, published by the American Salon portal.

The main problem, according to Cohen, is that, a priori, considering the cause of all today's troubles "the Kremlin's aggression" in America are not trying to rethink its own policy over the last 20 years, and it Had a lot of errors.

"We say: everything that is done in Ukraine And against Russia, including the danger of a war, it is about democratic Ukraine, referring to the Ukraine under the rule of Kiev. It would be reasonable to ask how Kiev in reality affordable. But the correspondents of the new York times And the Washington post, periodically sending their messages from Kiev, really, write a blueprint of all that claim the authorities in Kiev, And very rarely, if ever not ask questions about democracy in Ukraine, which is ruled by Kiev, " - said the historian.

Cohen is convinced of the need for serious analysis of the activities of the Kiev leadership." And I'm willing to bet that such an analysis will show that in those regions of Ukraine, which today operates Kiev, less democracy than before the overthrow of Yanukovych, " he said.

the historian is terrifying fact that Kiev uses to shelling And bombing cities, artillery, mortars, and until recently even airplanes, to the same shell he is not only a big city type of Donetsk And Lugansk, But also other settlements.

"They are war criminals, if We do not presume, because this is the militia fired their mothers, fathers And sisters. But no, it makes Kiev with the assistance of the United States. So the US is in full effect involved in the destruction of cities And the elimination of people in the East, " says Stephen Cohen.


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