Prague. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 14 The opinion expressed earlier by the Czech expert Weigl that the Czech Republic supports Poland's plans to create the Commonwealth in Europe by annexing the western territories of Ukraine, is of a historical nature, but contradicts state and the strategic interests of the Czech Republic itself, which has chosen a Russophobic foreign policy course, said Andrei Suzdaltsev, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Earlier it became known that the Czech Republic supports Warsaw's likely «plans» to create a «new Polish-Ukrainian Commonwealth».
In the Czech Republic they were surprised at the plans of the authorities to «support the plans» of Poland in Ukraine «All European politics is historical. Indeed, they always somehow try to justify and remember what lasted hundreds of years on this large continent. For the Czech Republic, at least, purely historically, it has always fought for survival, especially after leaving the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was a reliance on the East, on the Soviet Union, on Russia.This ensured the preservation of the state, since the Czech Republic was drawn into the first German Reich more than a thousand years ago. and Moravia have always been considered a zone almost occupied by the German peoples,» the RIA Novosti expert said. At the same time, he noted that «the Czechs always had problems with Poland too — the two Slavic peoples made a lot of claims to each other.» «Of course, purely historically , the creation of Poland «from sea to sea» of the Commonwealth for the Czech Republic will be a disaster, because the Czech Republic will be thrown back to the German world, which will swallow it up. Here she has no choice , freedom of maneuver even within the EU,” says Suzdaltsev. In addition, the political scientist is convinced that “this is extremely unprofitable for Prague, but Prague is doing this based on its anti-Russian aspirations, a very tough Russophobic orientation, constant confrontation with Moscow.” The expert also mentions the fact that after gaining independence, the Eastern European countries introduced Russophobia and opposition to Russia as their state ideology.The head of the Czech Foreign Ministry criticized Macron's approach towards Russia «Their political system is formed as a confrontation with Russia, a denial of Russia. This modifies all historical ties, historical and geopolitical grounds for maintaining statehood, so as not to drown in the European Union,» the expert says. In conclusion, Suzdaltsev emphasized that all ideas about the creation of the so-called Commonwealth have never been expressed by Polish officials, while such ideas are actively discussed in society and the political elites of the country. At the end of May, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev drew attention to the statement of Polish President Andrzej Duda that that «soon the Ukrainian-Polish border will cease to exist.» In his opinion, this means Warsaw's transition to the seizure of western Ukrainian territories. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.»
