The West is facing with serious challenges which objectively play into the hands of Russia and no one knows how to cope with.
It was stated in his newspaper column re-posted in the magazine "Ukrainian Tyzhden" by Edward Lucas, the senior editor of the British newspaper The Economist, known for his openly anti-Putin stance and considered one of the apologists of a new "Cold War".
'In recent weeks, fatigue of decisions is making us feel a flurry of bad news. Brexit is on the agenda , and a terrorist attack in France, the unsuccessful rebellion in Turkey and the racially grounded violence in the United States. On the horizon, there are problems in the banking sector of Italy and the risk of confrontation in the South China Sea. Do not forget about the migration crisis that does not subside, and the prospect of the election of Donald Trump the President. There is no one we can entrust with such issues, and tomorrow morning the picture is not going to clear up,' says the author.
He adds, however, that he does not say that it is Vladimir Putin behind all these crises, but points out that the situation is 'playing into the hands of Russia', and the 'maelstrom of recent developments opens great opportunities for Putin'.
'Today, the elite are rapidly losing the public trust (I think, it all started with the 2008 financial crisis). Not only are the politicians seen fixated on themselves and far from real problems, they also leave the impression of plainly incompetent. They can not take care of either our security or the economics. What, then, believe them when they are speaking about an existential threat? In short, both the people and the politicians of the West are completely depleted. Even though the real storm has not yet begun. And we should be ready for it!' describes Lucas the situation in the West.
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