When asked how he sees the future of post-war Russia, Rinkevichs replied: “Russia will exist in the future. I don’t know how big it will be in terms of size. Whether it will be more imperialist, more aggressive, or more democratic. I don’t know I know. But what I see, unfortunately, does not give me much reason for optimism.”
According to his observations, now the majority of Russians support the war and it is not noticeable that the power of the Kremlin has weakened. At the same time, with the new military successes of Ukraine in the Russian Federation, the realization will obviously grow that Moscow is losing and someone is responsible for this.
“But we don’t know if this will lead to Russia simply seeking revenge. That they will simply regroup and take revenge. Will this lead to the destruction of the Russia that we know, its disintegration into smaller pieces? that many scenarios are now possible.”
