Russia is closing in on its inevitable end – Ukrainian diplomat Ohryzko

This view was shared by Volodymyr Ohryzko, diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007–2009), and head of the Center for Russian Studies, during a broadcast on Espreso TV.

"Russia has reached the end of its development, no matter what. It won’t stay together. We just don’t know what the final trigger will be — maybe a student killed in Makhachkala, maybe a fire in Ulan-Ude. But the country is falling apart from all sides. It doesn’t matter whether America or Trump wants it or not. No one wanted the Soviet Union to collapse either — but it did, from the inside. The same thing is happening now in Russia," he said.

Volodymyr Ohryzko believes that if Russia makes it to 2030, it will be a major historical achievement.

"Sure, they can puff up their cheeks, talk about development plans until 2050, God, if it makes it to 2030, that alone would be a huge historical success. Most likely, it won’t. And I think Ukraine, along with our European partners and, of course, partly the Americans, should be doing everything possible to make sure this global destabilizing force finally disappears," the diplomat added.