The West is not obliged to turn to the Eastern European countries in the "American puppet" and to influence Ukrainian politics, "false promises," writes Norwegian writer Atle Hetland in the publication, published on the pages. in his vision, the West should not " promote conservative and other groups in the former republics of the Soviet Union to be unrealistic in their own dreams of independence and too fast in the ideological and economic reforms that must be carried out in a democratic way ". Hetland recalls that in his previous articles have expressed understanding of Russia's position and stated that the Russian Federation has a legitimate reason for wanting to save a number of former republics of the Soviet Union in its " sphere of interests ". He believes that smaller countries always adhere to the foreign policy line of one or another major power. However, the writer believes, it would be better if a small country had the opportunity to build multilateral cooperation, in spite of " blocks ". The West must do much more than at present, for cooperation with Russia, writes Hetland. In his vision, there needs not hostility, and help as the democratic development of the Russian Federation began over 25 years ago. However, Western politicians are actively supporting, if not leading, conflict escalation, says the writer.