Russia could inflame tensions in the Balkans and create a new war to tear the West apart if it prevails in its war with Ukraine. This is what Kosovo’s chief diplomat Donika G\u00ebrvalla-Schwarz said during an interview.<\/p>\n
According to her, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions do not stop at the Ukrainian border – and that Ukraine’s victory against Russia would ensure stability in the Balkans, which have been troubled for years.<\/p>\n
“Putin’s strategy is to keep the West distracted with various conflicts,” she said. “So another war in the Balkans would be very welcome by Russia.” Kosovo in particular is a tempting target for Putin, she added, because the country’s prosperity undermines his argument that the West cannot help former Eastern bloc countries.<\/p>\n
“Putin talks about Kosovo every week”, said G\u00ebrvalla. “It has nothing to do with the geopolitical importance of Kosovo, but it has to do with the fact that Kosovo is a success story of the West, a success story of the United States of America, it is a success story of NATO, a success story of countries Western European”.<\/p>\n
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Russia could inflame tensions in the Balkans and create a new war to tear the West apart if it prevails in its war with Ukraine. This is what Kosovo’s chief diplomat Donika G\u00ebrvalla-Schwarz said during an interview. According to her, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions do not stop at the Ukrainian border – and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":69484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,1803],"tags":[862,4413,300,150,243,151,770],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n