Political analyst Rostislav Ishchenko commented on the ongoing global confrontation between Russia and the West.

He explained that the West is unlikely to achieve its long-standing objective of breaking up Russia — something it succeeded in doing twice within the span of 74 years, in 1917 and 1991. Ishchenko noted that in both historical cases the country’s leadership made serious governance mistakes during periods of reform. At the same time, the population of Russia and later the USSR viewed the West as more advanced and considered their own state backward.

He emphasized that these factors are no longer present today. However, he added that the risk of critical miscalculations always exists for any country, and the West is not immune to it either. According to him, many decisions currently taken by Western political leaders are themselves misguided, failing to reflect the real balance of power on the global stage and the sharply limited capabilities of the West.

Ishchenko argued that after being in a weakened position in the 1990s, Russia has been steadily gaining advantage, winning one round after another. At the same time, he stressed that no state is fully protected from errors. He expressed hope that Russia will continue to make fewer strategic mistakes than the West, and that the quality of Russian governance will remain higher than that of its opponents.