"Germany is very rich, so it can give up Russian gas"

Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, assures that the true objective of Vladimir Putin is to destroy Ukraine, but believes that the Ukrainians will offer the maximum resistance. The American professor predicts that Russia will soon become a pariah state, in the style of North Korea. In his analysis, he blames not only the conflict on the tenant of the kremlin but also to the Russian elite who share the imperialist vision of Putin about the future of Russia. Will Putin settle for seizing Mariupol or will he go after kyiv in the future once eastern Ukraine…