History: Valeria Novodvorskaya about the future of Donbass in 2014

Human rights activist Valeria Novodvorskaya made this appeal to the Donbass separatists back in June 2014, shortly before her death. Listen to what future of the region she was talking about even then: “Why are you going to die and for whom? It should already be clear to you that Putin does not need Donbass . It’s not you that’s needed, it’s the black hole that’s needed. He needs a border to drive MANPADS and weapons across it and attack Ukraine, so that there will be a war all the time, so that Ukraine does not make reforms. And you are just cannon fodder.”