INTERVIEW. For the geopolitician Cyrille Bret, no turning back is possible in Donetsk and Lugansk, where populations with a Russian-speaking majority live.
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VLadimir Putin recognized on Monday February 21 the independence of the pro-Russian separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk. The Russian president ordered his army to “keep the peace” in these two self-proclaimed “people’s republics”. The Kremlin has also signed mutual aid agreements with these two entities whose populations are largely Russian-speaking. Cyrille Bret, geopolitician specializing in Russia, co-founder of the EurAsia Prospective site, deciphers for Point Moscow’s motives.
Point : Who are the people of Donetsk?
Cyrille Bret : These are Ukrainian citizens since the independence of the country proclaimed in August 1991 and confirmed by reference…
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