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What should we do with Kursk region?

Sofia Polonska
10 September, 2024 Tuesday
19:03

Recently, the internet was outraged by a post by Yulia Navalnaya, who said that there was no question of decolonisation, that there was no one to free

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I don't understand the surprise about Russian ‘liberals’. Of course, they will preserve the imperial narrative and work to preserve the integrity of Russia. It is in their interest. This completely coincides with the vision of certain circles in the West, which is why they have coddled Yulia Navalnaya as a potential talent pool for the future Russian government, which will beautifully imitate ‘democratic changes’ in Russia, against which sanctions will be lifted and Russia will get a break before the next attack.

Does this suit us? No. It doesn't. What should we do in this case?

I believe that Ukraine needs to work proactively, to propose its own project that will allow us to start the process of defragmenting Russia in order to shake it from within, especially since Ukraine has a fairly convenient foothold in the form of part of the Kursk region. Ukraine is currently not capitalising on this territory, although it needs to be filled with content.

To do this, we must modestly declare to the West and the world that a democratic and peaceful Russia can take place if it is reassembled on the matrix of Ukraine (we can even more modestly call ourselves the main carrier of democracy and freedom in the whole of Eurasia). That is, Ukraine's procedures, legislation, etc. We need to catch our Western partners by the tongue, who speak pompously about their desire for democracy and are ready to fight for it, but are not going to do anything about it. We need to declare our vision of democratisation of the Russian Federation and show it on the example of the Kursk region.

Russians shouldn't be told complicated things about NATO and the EU, but rather demonstrate concrete conclusions from the Ukrainian matrix.

  • Firstly, Kursk region is the only place in Russia where Kadyrov's soldiers are not running wild and raping conscripts.
  • Secondly, no one humiliates the locals, they are treated as equals. We often scold our officials for stealing, but an average Ukrainian official who does not humiliate people like a Russian official and steals half the budget is already a revolution for Russia. And so is our order.

No one is forced to learn the Ukrainian language or Bandera's biography, but such a desire is welcome.

In the following, we show what the new Russia could look like and why the Ukrainian model is attractive to Russians. This could work because one of the reasons Russia attacked Ukraine was to get rid of any alternative on the border that would set a bad example for the Russian people. That's why they trampled on Belarus, and they have always tried to trample on Ukraine.

The territory of the Kursk region, which is now supported by Ukrainian troops, shows what Russia can be like on the inner contour.

On the outer contour, you can make an analogue of the French Foreign Legion, where the officers are Ukrainians and other nations are military. We may have other allies there. The same enslaved peoples. This matrix should be shown as an example, to force good Russians to act in our paradigm - if you are for democracy, then continue in this direction, but it is possible only with Ukrainian bayonets or in satellites of the Ukrainian army. In this way, we will reverse the decolonisation of Russia and fill it with political content, which will create essential preconditions for the defragmentation of Russia.

If we succeed, it will be good. There will be chaos for a new model of Russia's existence. If it doesn't work out and the Ukrainian army has to leave this territory after a while, there will be good memories that will grow into myths about how good life was under the occupation of Ukraine. They will share their impressions with relatives from other regions of Russia. Local residents will tell how they communicate with Ukrainian soldiers, etc. This will also work in our favour.

Ukraine can force European countries and the West to work on democratising Russia. Only the dispatcher of democratisation will not be good Russians, but Ukraine. And they will work in the matrix of Ukraine. If some good Russians do not agree, we will find other good Russians.

Funding can be found for this project. I think the British might be interested in it. In any case, the democratisation of Russia or a part of it (there may be a good civil war in another part) is beneficial from a business perspective. It opens up markets, provides access to raw materials and much more. We need to act in a cynical and tough way. We need to seize the initiative, and then we will get the results we need.

As for financing these territories, at first it should be done at Russia's expense. As they tried to impose on us with the LPR and DPR. This is the only scheme Putin will have now - let him pay for everything. If the situation follows the scheme of defragmenting Russia, it will be through self-financing. Moreover, these territories have a good starting point.

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About the author. Taras Zagorodniy, Managing Partner of the National Anti-Crisis Group

The editors do not always share the opinions expressed by the authors of the blogs.

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