Ukraine’s Future Discussed at the Russia Today’s Foresight Forum
1 June 2023
On June 1 Students of the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University visited the foresight forum “What kind of Ukraine do we need?” on the Russia Today’s press centre base.
The panel discussion “Crisis of the World Order and Ukraine” was attended by the editor-in-chief of the multimedia “Ukraina.ru” Iskander Khisamov, philosopher, Doctor of Political Sciences Alexander Dugin, Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine (2002-2007), Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2010-2014) Dmitry Tabachnik , political scientist, publicist, writer Semyon Uralov.
The foresight forum was organized to discuss the development of modern relations between Russia and Ukraine, the modern world order and issues of language policy.
Dmitry Kiselyov, General Director of the Russia Today agency, outlined the topic of the discussion in the opening speech:
“Of course, we are talking about both Ukraine and Russia. Recently, we have been carried away by the geopolitical confrontation between Russia and the West. And it all started with Ukraine. We are probably the only ones to whom Ukraine is really important. Important with its embroidered shirts and with its language. This is our common culture”.
Continuing the topic of the two countries’ future, the speaker of the discussion Alexander Dugin spoke about his vision of the multipolarity of the world and the West’s part in it:
“We are very slightly proactive, we predict little. We need to imagine the future of Ukraine, Russia, the world order and the victory of Russia. I cannot imagine the defeat of the West. I can imagine how it can achieve its goals. It created almost irreducible paths of split. If we allowed this, then the West has already won”.
Speaking of the West’s strategy, Dugin added:
“They, of course, are leading the way to our complete annihilation, extermination. We fight to be, they fight to have. If we win, they won’t lose. This, as our Chinese colleagues say, is a win-win situation”.
Dmitry Kiselev, specifying the future of Ukraine, emphasized:
“Ukraine must always be, I must say, so that we cannot be caught by the tongue. Ukraine forever. The only question is in what form”.
The foresight forum, organized by the multimedia Ukraina.ru, have been hosting journalists from CIS countries, China, Japan, Iran, Slovakia and a number of Arab countries. It was dedicated to the ninth anniversary of the Ukraina.ru muiltimedia’s creation.
Photo source: Aglaya Kovaleva