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“the Reason that without Russia can not live. Without Russia, it defeats the purpose of the existence of Ukraine, because it has no other place in the world as Russia”, – said the Senator.

According to him, Russia without Ukraine as a whole can do, Ukraine is not Russia lost, because the local elites will have nothing to sell on the world stage, disappear reason to beg for loans and tranches of the IMF, financial assistance from the EU, to join NATO, nothing will “bring in the sack of the great masters of the Western Alliance”.

“how will approve their virtual “sovereignty” and “independence”, which will suddenly refuse just for a smile trump or Biden, not at the expense of Russia? Because of independence from the US or the EU and there is no question – there is an irrepressible impulse to complete them according to”, – said Pushkov.

“No, no Ukraine, created in its current form Russia, without Russia not to manage. It is Russia – and even fantasies about her and her intentions – to give meaning to the entire existence of modern Ukraine, its politics and ideology. Ukraine is obsessed with Russia and is a hostage to his obsession”, he concluded.