Boris Johnson: Putin invaded because he fears Ukrainian model of freedom

Answer to the question why Putin chose to is now invading Ukraine wanted to give the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson during the speech that closed the Conservative Party spring congress in Blackpool at noon.

In essence, he assessed that the Russian president fears the possibility of an uprising in his country while the surrounding countries are democratizing.

“He did not really believe that Ukraine would join NATO at some point soon, he knew full well that there was no plan for missiles to enter Ukrainian territory. “He did not really believe the semi-occult stalks he wrote about the origins of the Russian people.”

That was not the case – I think he was afraid of Ukraine for a completely different reason. He feared freedom of information, free elections in Ukraine. With each passing year, Ukraine did not always move easily towards freedom and democracy and open markets, it feared the Ukrainian example and feared indirect disapproval of it.

“Because in Putin’s Russia you go to prison for 15 years just by calling the invasion an invasion and if you go to the polls against him you are poisoned or shot. “It’s precisely because Ukraine and Russia are so historically close that they have been terrified of the effects of the Ukrainian model on themselves and on Russia.”

Mr Johnson added that in the event of a victory in Ukraine, Putin would have ambitions for both Georgia and Moldova. “It will mark the beginning of a new era of intimidation in Eastern Europe, from the Baltic to the Black Sea,” he said.

A victory for Putin, he added, would give the green light to other authoritarian leaders, making the invasion of Ukraine a “turning point” for the world: “It’s a moment of choice. It’s a choice between freedom and oppression. “

The British Prime Minister said he was proud of the sanctions imposed by his government on the circle of Vladimir Putin and reiterated that there must be independence from Russian oil and gas.

Speaking at a rally against other Western governments, which he said called for a realpolitik, Boris Johnson said: “A normalization of relations with Putin after the invasion as we did in 2014 would be a repetition of exactly the same mistake.”

Source: News Beast

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