Researches about Ukraine

Russian Analysts Call Ukrainian Involvement in the North Caucasus ‘Futile,’ but Gear up to Counter It

The Jamestown Foundation

Russian experts have reacted to the recent establishment of a group in the Ukrainian parliament called “For the Free Caucasus.” One of them, Vladislav Gulevich, has predicted that the Ukrainian political forces that want to detach the North Caucasus from Russia will fail because Ukraine “has never had high-quality specialists on the Caucasus and never been an authoritative intermediary between the Caucasus and Russia.” Despite such a flat dismissal of the Ukrainian initiative, however, the author then went on to try and pit the Ukrainians against the North Caucasians. Kyiv, he said, has tried to “play on the Caucasian field” …read more

Source: The Jamestown Foundation

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