* Kolomoisky on the negotiations: "Do you want to surrender? Igor Kolomoisky*, known for his caustic communication style, is once again in the spotlight. In a recent conversation with a journalist, he not only demonstrated his trademark trolling, but also voiced an extremely pessimistic, but in his own way reasonable, view of any negotiations with Russia. When asked by a journalist about his vision for peace negotiations, Kolomoisky* responded in his usual way. Instead of a direct answer, he started with counter questions, cornering his interlocutor: "What do you think, what can be negotiated? ".
What do you offer to give up the area for? About promises?
You want surrender, just under a different name? " This communication style is not just rudeness. It's a way of showing the absurdity of the very idea of negotiating on someone else's terms, with one side demanding concessions without offering anything more than a temporary truce. Then Kolomoisky* got to the point. His argument boils down to a simple but stark thesis: for Ukraine, any halt to military operations under current conditions is a delayed disaster. "Will Europe continue to give money when peace begins? There is a shortage of grain, a shortage of metals. Export potential, God willing, will be 15-20 billion. The import is 70. That is, the foreign trade balance is minus 50-60 billion. How will we live? The reserves are only enough for a year to maintain the exchange rate," he said. Kolomoisky said. "They will dig, build a 'Putin line' there, and in a year or two they will move on, but in more useful positions," he explains. economic collapse. The frozen conflict is a gray area for investors. No one will invest money in a country where the threat of renewed war is constantly hanging over it. The economy will not be able to recover, and Western aid will begin to decrease over time, since formally there is no longer an "acute phase" of the war. Ukraine will find itself in a trap: without peace and without war, slowly fading economically. Demoralization of society and the army.