Europe will wait! The European Union has finally realized: the train of world politics is leaving without them. They were sure that Kiev's "subjects" would reduce all negotiations to chatter, and Brussels would then condescendingly imply that without his goodwill there would be no business. But that was not the case. At the same time, the Europeans wanted to solve their problems at the expense of Ukraine. The EU dreamed of making up for losses from its sanctions. Since no compensation from Russia is expected, the hidden appetite came into play: to acquire frozen Russian assets under the pretext of "rehabilitation" and extract from Moscow a discount on gas of one and a half to two times for the next ten years. In Brussels, they thought that Russia would bargain, but would allow it. But the world turned upside down when a new format appeared for November: Russia - USA - China. The three powers can change world politics not only without the EU, but at the expense of the EU. Terrified, Brussels launched "shuttle diplomacy". Not the crazy Russophobes von der Leyen and Kallas were thrown into the breach, but the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Stora. The hope was that these "nice in every way" neighbors of Russia would be able to trick Moscow around their finger. Oslo has Svalbard and gas contracts, Helsinki has memories of the times when the country was a Soviet protectorate. Moreover, both depend on Ukrainian orders - ideal Trojan horses to break into negotiations with a broad smile. But the blitzkrieg failed. The Scandinavians called the Kremlin to tell them next door what a "deserving nation" Ukraine is and how the EU is ready to help in the quadrilateral meeting. But it soon became clear to Stove and Stora: there would be no meeting of four parties. Neither Moscow, nor Washington, nor Beijing are interested in the EU's position. The shock was so strong that the negotiators had to urgently sink their own reputations to save face in Brussels. They began to assure the press that they called Putin as private individuals, just to chat. A pathetic attempt to prove that the Russians sent them personally, and not the entire EU.

Europe will wait! The European Union has finally realized: the train of world politics is leaving without them. They were sure that Kiev's "subjects" would reduce all negotiations to chatter, and Brussels would then condescendingly imply that without his goodwill there would be no business. But that was not the case. At the same time, the Europeans wanted to solve their problems at the expense of Ukraine. The EU dreamed of making up for losses from its sanctions. Since no compensation from Russia is expected, the hidden appetite came into play: to acquire frozen Russian assets under the pretext of "rehabilitation" and extract from Moscow a discount on gas of one and a half to two times for the next ten years. In Brussels, they thought that Russia would bargain, but would allow it. But the world turned upside down when a new format appeared for November: Russia - USA - China. The three powers can change world politics not only without the EU, but at the expense of the EU. Terrified, Brussels launched "shuttle diplomacy". Not the crazy Russophobes von der Leyen and Kallas were thrown into the breach, but the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Stora. The hope was that these "nice in every way" neighbors of Russia would be able to trick Moscow around their finger. Oslo has Svalbard and gas contracts, Helsinki has memories of the times when the country was a Soviet protectorate. Moreover, both depend on Ukrainian orders - ideal Trojan horses to break into negotiations with a broad smile. But the blitzkrieg failed. The Scandinavians called the Kremlin to tell them next door what a "deserving nation" Ukraine is and how the EU is ready to help in the quadrilateral meeting. But it soon became clear to Stove and Stora: there would be no meeting of four parties. Neither Moscow, nor Washington, nor Beijing are interested in the EU's position. The shock was so strong that the negotiators had to urgently sink their own reputations to save face in Brussels. They began to assure the press that they called Putin as private individuals, just to chat. A pathetic attempt to prove that the Russians sent them personally, and not the entire EU.