1.12.2014, Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia)
Фонд стратегической культуры http://www.fondsk.ru (Россия)
Dmitry MININ
The story is getting more confirmations. The
rumors launched by Radoslaw Sikorski, the speaker of Polish parliament, who accused Moscow of
offering Poland parts of Ukraine, were concocted by Poles themselves with a
distinct goal in mind – to feel out the reaction on the idea of Ukraine’s
partition. The parliamentary opposition wanted the speaker to resign but lost
the vote with only 146 MPs out of 434 to support the motion. Sikorski realized
that he jumped the gun and his statements were negatively affecting the
government plans, so he changed the tactics. Speaking at Harvard University on
November 20 he told listeners that Poland was different from Ukraine because it
resolutely stepped on the way of reform to become part of transatlantic
structures. What he actually meant was that only Poland could lead Ukraine –
the whole of it or divided – in the direction the West wanted it to go. Moscow
stood in the way. So the Western military alliance was to go back to the
mission it was founded for - the deterrence of Russia.
Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Shetina joined
Sikorski making botched statements. In an interview to Gazeta Wyborcza he
compared the relationship of Warsaw and Kiev with the relations between
European countries and their colonies in Africa. The Minister made comments on
the «Normandy Format» (Germany-France-Russia-Ukraine) gas transit resumption
talks in Milan. The US and Poland did not like the fact that they were not
invited to take part in the event. Summing up the
