As of: March 15, 2024, 12:22 p.m
By: Lisa Mahnke
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Medvedev puts tough demands for peace on the table.
But Ukraine loses in the alleged compromise across the board.
So the fronts remain hardened.
Moscow – The war in Ukraine has been degenerating into a trench warfare with high losses for months.
But there is little hope of an end to the bloody fighting.
The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has now outlined his ideas for peace.
His so-called “Russian Peace Form” is a compromise, the Putin friend said via Telegram.
But basically the demands of the peace form can be summarized as an unconditional surrender of Ukraine, including reparations payments to Russia and demilitarization.
This is unacceptable for the defenders.
Medvedev responded to Volodymyr Zelensky with his suggestion.
In a speech to the United Nations, the Ukrainian president set five conditions for peace for Russia: protection of lives, the restoration of security and territorial integrity of Ukraine, punishment of Russia and security guarantees, and the right of Ukraine to defend itself.
But in Russia this proposal is scoffed at.
“For them, the realities are the brain-dead 'peace formula' of a provincial clown in green tights.
And nothing else,” Medvedev wrote about Ukrainian ideas for peace.
The “only way out” is a Russian formula.
The seven points for Putin's friend's peace formula in the Ukraine war
Putin’s friend’s “Russian Peace Formula” on Telegram includes a total of seven points.
The first demand is the recognition of Ukraine's defeat in the military conflict and an unconditional surrender of the "neo-Nazi clique in Kiev," said Medvedev.
This also includes demilitarization.
On the second point, the Russian politician wants, after the “recognition of the National Socialist character” by the international community, a “forced denazification of all organs of power”. The third demand of the loss of Ukraine’s international legal personality also makes the Ukrainian territory internationally dependent on Russia , since sovereignty would no longer be recognized.
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Fourthly, Medvedev wants new elections for a provisional government and fifthly, the adoption of reparations payments in the newly elected provisional parliament.
Parliament should transfer the territory of Ukraine to Russia on another point - and then dissolve itself on the last point.
Medvedev considers the “Russian peace formula” to be a compromise and hopes that it will be implemented
“This is a compromise position, isn’t it?” Medvedev asked at the end of his message.
He is probably referring to the occasional mention of the United Nations in his peace formula.
The question seems almost cynical, so Medvedev would rather want to point out errors in Zelensky's peace plan, which was initially criticized.
“I think it is the basis for finding a benevolent consensus with the international community, including the Anglo-Saxon world, for holding productive summits and for understanding our close friends - our Western partners,” Medvedev said at the end of his message.
Propaganda or defiance?
Russian peace formula is hardly a serious basis for negotiations in the Ukraine war
The Kremlin viewed its “special military operation” as an act of self-defense against an alleged Ukrainian Nazi regime – a motif that is also reflected in Medvedev’s plan.
Since the start of the Ukraine war, Russia's propaganda has been massively expanded, according to a study by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD).
This is not only aimed at people within Russia, but also at people in other countries who distrust the established institutions and media.
Putin henchman Medvedev has precise plans for a Russian peace formula.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Zelensky's peace plans an "ultimatum."
Medvedev's demands could also be described as an ultimatum, perhaps an attempt at resistance against Ukraine's rigid position.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's "Wartime Diplomacy" page lists "no Plan B" and "remain stubborn" as two of Ukraine's diplomatic principles.
Russia has often declared its willingness to negotiate peace, but it is precisely such compromise proposals that have led to a lack of credibility in its willingness to negotiate in the past.
It can be guessed that this peace plan is also part of Russian propaganda.
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, Medvedev has repeatedly emphasized conspiracy theories about alleged US plans to carry out regime change in Russia and has repeatedly threatened nuclear war.
A few months ago, the Putin acolyte drew attention to his three possible scenarios for ending the war, although all three were equally hopeless for Ukraine.
(lismah)