“Demonstrate Russophobia”: how Estonia called on the West to completely break off relations with Russia

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas called on the West to completely cut ties with Russia because of the situation in Ukraine.

She wrote about this in her article for the British newspaper The Telegraph.

“I am often asked how we can improve relations with Russia.

I answer frankly - we must be courageous enough to admit that, if necessary, to stop the aggressor, we must be prepared for a long and terrible war.

No need to be afraid of bad relationships or lack of relationships with war criminals,” Kallas wrote.

According to her, Western policy should be based on the understanding that "the Russian threat will not disappear tomorrow."

“There is no need to go back to business as usual.

Moreover, (with Russia.

) there should be no business at all.

Therefore, we need to continue to isolate the aggressor both economically and politically.

Economic isolation means that we need to deplete the Russian military machine by making sure that the Russian troops run out of equipment and the Kremlin has money,” the Estonian prime minister says.

Kallas also urged the West to be careful "with premature calls for a ceasefire and peace."

“Let’s repeat: gas may be expensive, but freedom is priceless,” she added.

Earlier, on June 6, Kallas, while on a visit to London and referring to the situation in Ukraine, discussed with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the possibility of creating a NATO division-level command structure in Estonia and called on the alliance to fundamentally change its position in the field of defense and deterrence to eastern flank.

“The Russian threat has not disappeared and NATO must adapt to the new security situation,” she said.

“NATO with its defensive position should send a clear signal to the aggressor: “Stop, I will shoot!

And don't even think about approaching!"

Callas also believes it is important to refrain from "premature calls for a truce or peace."

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“We understand what is at stake.

Ukraine now most of all needs weapons to fight the aggressor and liberate its territory,” the Prime Minister said.

— Russia has not changed its goals.

A bad peace for Ukraine will mean a bad peace for all of us, because sooner or later the aggressor will return.”

Callas responded to these statements at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova, in her Telegram called the Estonian prime minister "bloodthirsty."

Dialogue with Moscow

Recently, the West has been increasingly discussing the issue of further building relations with Russia against the backdrop of a special operation in Ukraine.

For example, former Secretary of State and ex-Advisor to the President of the United States on National Security Henry Kissinger on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, which was held at the end of May, called for dialogue and a ceasefire in Ukraine.

In his opinion, negotiations should begin within two months, until it leads to "insurmountable shocks and tensions."

“Ideally, the line of demarcation should return to the former status quo,” Kissinger said at the time.

As suggested by the American media, we can talk about "returning to the state of affairs" before the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine.

So, according to the CNBC TV channel, Kissinger meant that "Russia should be allowed to keep the Crimea, annexed by it in 2014."

After that, The Sunday Times published excerpts from a conversation with a politician who expressed the opinion that Western countries should take into account Russian interests when discussing a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine.

“Now the question will be how to end this war.

Upon its completion, it will be necessary to find a place for Ukraine and a place for Russia, if we do not want Russia to become an outpost of China in Europe, ”Kissinger said.

Meanwhile, according to The New York Times, US President Joe Biden's administration has faced a disappointing reality in its attempts to expand the anti-Russian coalition of countries.

According to the publication, Washington wants to include such players as Brazil, India, Israel and the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf in the group of states intending to isolate Russia, but the United States has not yet succeeded in this.

In addition, Serbian Interior Minister Alexander Vulin said in an interview with the Vecherne Novosti newspaper that reducing cooperation with Russia and moving away from Moscow is contrary to Belgrade's interests.

According to him, the Serbian side is always expected to do something for others to the detriment of its own interests.

It is worth noting that the issue of building a dialogue with Russia in the context of the events in Ukraine was also raised earlier in Italy.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi called for the start of a negotiation process on the Ukrainian issue, and also called for a ceasefire.

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At the same time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has already stated that the West will not accept the supposedly “imposed peace” on Ukraine on someone else’s terms.

In turn, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss stressed that Russia's actions in the framework of the Ukrainian crisis must be answered exclusively by force.

"On the Edge of the Western Spear"

According to experts, the anti-Russian statements of a number of Western countries and NATO, as well as their actions to pump Kyiv with weapons, once again confirm that a real war has unfolded against the Russian Federation at all levels, including military-political and economic.

“The task of most Western countries that are members of NATO is to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia in Ukraine, followed by internal political destabilization in the Russian Federation.

Their goal is to create a second Afghanistan from Ukraine, so that the Russian side gets stuck there.

Here, the masks from the West have long been torn off, ”Konstantin Blokhin, a leading researcher at the Center for Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with RT.

He called the Estonian prime minister's statement about relations with Russia "belligerent, aggressive and frankly Russophobic."

“It is intended to once again emphasize that Estonia is allegedly on the tip of the western spear.

With such rhetoric, Callas is trying to hit Russia harder.

Her words reflect the mood in the Baltics as a whole, and in other Western states, including the United States and Great Britain, ”said Blokhin.

He believes that the Estonian prime minister would like the West to "sever ties with Russia completely and irrevocably."

“In fact, this process has already begun: Western countries stop or freeze economic and political ties with the Russian Federation.

With many of them, Russia is practically in a new cold war.

But the Estonian prime minister calls for speeding up this process, given the fact that there are still forces in the West that are in favor of normalizing relations with Moscow, ”said Blokhin.

In this context, the analyst appreciated the words of Henry Kissinger, who called for "finding a place" for Russia in the coming world order.

“There is a lot of common sense in the statement of the former US Secretary of State.

He advocates the normalization of relations with the Russian Federation.

Kissinger belongs to the category of politicians who are called realists and pragmatists.

But, unfortunately, those who share such views in the US and the West can be counted on the fingers.

Alas, their point of view today is almost not taken into account by the authorities, ”says Blokhin.

According to him, "the mainstream in the West is different now."

“In the discussion about relations with the Russian Federation, the preponderance of forces is on the side of the globalists, and not on the side of realist politicians, pragmatists like Kissinger.

And the West, choosing a priori the wrong anti-Russian trajectory of its foreign policy, thereby worsens the state of its economy and lowers the standard of living of its own citizens, ”said Blokhin.

He recalls that in the same Estonia, the negative effect of freezing relations with Russia is already noticeable, primarily in the energy sector and trade.

“This can be seen in terms of inflation.

Gasoline in Estonia is more expensive than in other Baltic countries and other European countries.

But for the Estonian leadership and European politicians, it is more important to demonstrate Russophobia,” Blokhin said.

In turn, Vladimir Bruter, an expert at the International Institute for Humanitarian and Political Studies, in an interview with RT, emphasized that the statements of the Estonian prime minister "are overwhelmed not just with Russophobia, but also with outright racism."

“How can Russian be canceled when a huge part of the population in Estonia speaks Russian?

But Tallinn will continue its anti-Russian policy.

And the economic ties of many NATO countries with the Russian Federation will continue to collapse even without Kallas' statements, ”the analyst noted.

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This process will also take place at the initiative of Russia, as it reorients its exports to Asian markets, Bruter explained.

“When the main hydrocarbon flows of the Russian Federation are redirected from the West to other sites, then economic ties with Western countries will remain in case of emergency.

At the same time, Russia’s withdrawal from these markets will hit the population of the same Europe, but the ruling elite is not interested in this - they are ready to make enormous sacrifices for the sake of a red word about the mythical isolation of the Russian Federation, ”concluded the expert.