The US billionaire George Soros admitted he is
losing hope for his plans. The businessman said that he sees Russia
emerging as a global power as the European Union collapses, in much the
same way as the EU flourished when the Soviet Union started to fall
apart.
At the same time, Soros said he felt "more than ever" that the EU's
destiny hinged on Ukraine's future. European countries have lost
billions of dollars due to the cessation of trade with Russia after the
introduction of sanctions, which, apparently, will be extended at the
request of Washington, the investor expects. If this is the future that
awaits the EU, the British have even more reasons to vote for secession
from the Union on June 23, the billionaire noted.
Nevertheless, Axis of Logic writes that Soros did not abandon the
European dream completely. He published an article in the Guardian
saying that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU would devaluate the pound
sterling.
It is obvious that the billionaire is experiencing severe
disappointments in connection with the difficult period in which he is
trying to create a new order. Russia is not set up for cooperation and
Europe's population supports the parties, which are skeptical about the
EU, while American voters prefer Donald Trump.
An associate professor of Stock Markets and Financial Engineering of RANEPA, Vasiliy Yakimkin,
speaking with a correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza, emphasized that Soros
is not a person who is allowed to evaluate Russia, even if his words
seem positive, in fact they are not.
"Mr. Soros has always had a prejudice against Russia and hated Russia
and the Russians, plotting intrigues against us. Now he just keeps doing
it. I do not agree with his words that Russia "has become a power" –
Russia has always been a great power, now it is strengthening, and Soros
has no right to evaluate Russia. Our president Vladimir Putin says the
right thing that if we manage to live another 20 years without wars and
cataclysms, they won't know Russia," he said.
"Soros makes such statements to warn the Western establishment that
it is dangerous to let Russia go, because in that case it will rush
forward with a speed of a rocket and they can't catch it. Our country is
self-sufficient, and Soros is worried about it. They failed to suppress
us with the sanctions: we passed the economic bottom and the growth has
started. Giving a compliment, an American billionaire, in fact, urges
the West to tighten the pressure on Russia, otherwise we will accelerate
our development, while they will wallow in their problems and debts,"
Vasiliy Yakimkin concluded.
The President of the National Strategy Institute, Mikhail Remizov,
expressed confidence that Soros not just addresses Russia, he tends to
put pressure on the EU. "I think such a statement is linked to his
desire to scare the European Union and to reproach eurosceptics who are
playing into the hands of Moscow, shaking the intra-European unity. It
is absolutely groundless in this case to take these compliments
seriously," he stressed.
Source: Vestnik Kavkaza