“Weapon Against Russia”: Fyodor Lukyanov on the West’s Ukraine Strategy and Putin’s Mistakes

Any crisis like the current one can’t be resolved overnight. We understand the depth of the problem. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a minor part of the overall situation. The main part and the most important aspect is what was the casus belli from the perspective of the Russian leadership: it wasn’t Ukraine, it was European and American perceptions of how European security should look. And this view emerged immediately after the end of the Cold War.

Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, gave an interview to the Die Weltwoche weekly (Switzerland)