29-6-2023 De belangrijkste les die we kunnen leren uit de Wagner-muiterij en het stille einde ervan is dat Russische militaristen, zelfs oorlogsmisdadigers als Poetin en Prigozjin, in staat zijn om te onderhandelen en een einde te maken aan bloedvergieten. Het gedemoniseerde vijandbeeld rond deze mensen wordt daardoor aan het wankelen gebracht. Een geweldloze correctie van hun slechte gedrag is mogelijk.

Yurii Sheliazhenko van de Oekraiense Pacifistische Beweging zegt:

Starting his coup, Prigozhin in one half-hour video statement refuted all Putin's justifications of shameful war of aggression against Ukraine.

But the main lesson we learned from the Wagner mutiny and its quiet end is that Russian militarists, including even war criminals like Putin and Prigozhin, are capable of negotiating and stopping bloodshed. The fictional demonized enemy image around these people was shaken and the opportunity of nonviolent correction of their bad behavior became more clear.

Additionally to humanitarian necessity to end the war and the Vienna appeal for peace in Ukraine, it gives a new reason why it must be possible to cease fire and start peace talks, not prolong the war for multiple decades according to Kyiv Security Compact.

If President Zelensky seriously wants peace, tens years of Western weapons supply, bloodshed and profits for merchants of death planned by his right-hand man Yermak and former NATO boss Rasmussen is not an option and not a good plan.

Zelensky should refuse to kill and decide to talk. He can do it, when he wants. After all, once Zelensky successfully negotiated with a terrorist Maksym Kryvosh and secured release of 13 hostages.

Bron: WRI