By Sergei Glazyev
Current events in Ukraine are guided by the evil spirit of
fascism and Nazism, though it seemed to have dissipated long ago, after
World War II. Seventy years after the war, the genie has escaped from
the bottle once again, posing a threat not merely in the form of the
insignia and rhetoric of Hitler’s henchmen, but also through an
obsessive Drang nach Osten policy.
The bottle has been uncorked, this time, by the Americans. Just
as 76 years ago at Munich, when the British and the French gave Hitler
their blessing for his eastward march, so in Kiev today, Washington,
London and Brussels are inciting Yarosh, Tyahnybok, and other Ukrainian
Nazis to war with Russia. One is forced to ask, why do this in the 21st
century? And why is Europe, now united in the European Union, taking
part in kindling a new war, as if suffering from a total lapse of
historical memory?
Answering these questions requires, first of all, an accurate
definition of what is happening. This, in turn, must start with
identifying the key components of the events, based on facts. The facts
are generally known: Yanukovych refused to sign the Association
Agreement with the EU, which Ukraine had been under pressure to accept.
After that, the United States and its NATO allies physically removed him
from power by organizing a violent coup d’état in Kiev and bringing to
power a government that was illegitimate, but fully obedient to them. In
this article, it will be called “the junta.”
The goal of this aggression was to gain acceptance of the Association
Agreement, as is evidenced by the fact it was indeed, prematurely,
signed by the EU leaders and the junta only a month after the latter had
seized power. They reported (the document bearing their signatures has
not yet been made public!) that only the political part of the agreement
has been signed, the part that obligates Ukraine to follow the foreign
and defense policy of the EU and to participate, under EU direction, in
settling regional civil and military conflicts. With this step, adoption
of the Agreement as a whole has become a mere technicality.