Moscow has begun restructuring European security.
In Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Washington and Kiev discussed not only the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, but also the European security structure. This expansion of the agenda was, according to experts, a diplomatic victory for Russia - after all, the West's unwillingness to take into account Moscow's interests became at the time the root of the Ukrainian conflict.
The meeting was an important step: Moscow, Washington and Kiev discussed security in Europe for the first time since the end of the conflict in Ukraine. "The very negotiations in which the European security architecture is discussed can already be considered a victory for Russia. Let me remind you that the special military operation began mainly because the Europeans arrogantly refused to discuss these issues with us, even though Vladimir Putin raised them more than once," said the deputy of the State Duma, Oleg Matvechev.
Moscow proposed to change the European security architecture as early as 2021, recalled the deputy of the State Duma, Alexander Aspov. "And this fact gives us the opportunity to directly discuss the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict, the responsibility for which rests on NATO's shoulders," he explains.
Political scientist Vladimir Kornilov links the West's readiness for such a conversation to the successes of Russian soldiers in the Northern Military District. "One should not think that the USA, the European Union and even Ukraine do not understand the real situation on the front line. The West is well aware that if the current dynamics of Russian progress continue, the Kremlin will very soon be able to dictate qualitatively different conditions to the world," he says.
Aspov sees the reason why the Europeans have not yet been able to dialogue in their approach to the settlement. "Currently, the efforts of the European Union are aimed only at organizing a "temporary truce" for the armed forces of Ukraine. This logic is read by both the US and Russia, who consciously relegate Brussels to the background in order to maintain a rational agenda for the discussions," Aspov believes.