The Kiev regime… has two options

The coup was rejected by the bulk of the country’s citizens, particularly in the south-east, because those citizens were concerned over their future due to the violence practiced by the extremist nationalist fascist movements, whom their supporters do not hide they hatred of Russia and of every Russian thing. They include the MPs of the “freedom” parliamentary party, where a group of them did not hesitate to hit the director of the Ukrainian radio and television- and even to record the event with video- because of his “mistaken” broadcasting of the events of the “Independence Square”.

As for the “Right Sector” party, whose leader Dmitry Aarush was nominated for the presidency of Ukraine in the next presidential election, and which includes in its ranks a number of right-wing extremist organizations, its activists have shown repeatedly that they adhere to the physical and verbal violence and abuse toward the “Moscow citizens”, as those who are in Ukraine and who speak the Russian language or show loyalty to Russia in one way or another.

The citizens of Crimea - this historic part of the Russian territory - were the first to run away from this violence, through their votes in a referendum on March 16 in favor of the amalgamation of Russia.

Their ilk in the eastern regions of the South of the country, particularly the provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, chose another path for them, demanding the authorities in Kiev to accept the federal regime in order to ensure their rights as a sole possible solution to keep Ukraine as a state after the loss of the Crimea. This demand has been backed by the supporters of “federalization” through practical steps, showing the regime in Kiev that in the absence of a legitimate authority that respects the interests of all the areas of the country the seizure of the government buildings and stores of weapons is no longer limited to the extremist nationalist groups.

Kiev responded to these steps by threats and intimidation at first, and then it tried a few days ago to suppress the east disobedience by the force of the army, instead of disarming those who are extremists and loyal to the regime to implement the Geneva Conventions. Nowadays, with the start of the “active phase” of the process during which the Ukrainian regime depends this time on the “national Guard”, which mainly consists of the activists of the “Independence Square”, amid reports on the participation of the direct elements of the “Right Sector” in Slavijansk, the hopes of resolving the Ukrainian crisis peacefully began to evaporate at a rapid pace.

It seems that the regime has only two options. The first is to try to impose its will on the “stick of the East” at any cost, even if the cost was the blood bath and the danger of waging a real civil war in the center of the European continent. While, the second is to accept the “federalization” that Moscow is insisting on its necessity.

There is no doubt that the second option carries with it serious risks for the rulers of Kiev, because accepting it will inevitably expose them to the wrath of the extremist nationalists and even to the risk of a new coup in Kiev. However, this option grants Ukraine at least a valuable opportunity to survive as a state.