Ukrainian
expat community is a huge and united part of Ukrainian world that
resists to “Russkiy Mir” “Russian World” ideology, that`s why
Moscow sows
discord within the Ukrainian expats.
Russia
does all the best to hide its aggressive nature, pretending to be a
peacekeeper and a humanist. It is a characteristic feature of the
“hybrid war”, that poses a threat not only to Ukraine, but to the
whole civilized world.
During
the meeting with V.Groisman, Prime-minister of Ukraine, Eugene
Czolij, the President of Ukrainian World Congress, said: “Russian
Federation is trying to assure the Western world that there is an
internal conflict in Ukraine. In fact, it is not only a
Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it is an international crisis. And
Ukraine, protecting its borders, defends Europe and the whole world”.
The
war in Ukraine, global problems, economic crisis united the foreign
Ukrainians and they proved once again that they are concerned with
the destiny of their Motherland. This even factor became particularly
important for Moscow, because they understood that Ukrainian diaspora
is a big, strong and collaborative part of Ukrainian world, that`s
why it must be destroyed. For such a purpose, the Kremlin always
finds money. For example, they give bribes to “necessary” people
and establish puppet organizations, which conducts proRussian policy
among Ukrainian communities abroad.
There
are many bright examples of such activity in the countries with a
large amount of Ukrainians. For instance, the situation in Portugal
is very difficult, because there are many proRussian Ukrainians, who
work for the Kremlin consciously or unconsciously.
Pavlo
Sadoha, the Head of Association of
the Ukrainians
in Portugal, said that Moscow secret agents created
a FB blog “Ukrainians in Portugal” and added new members of
groups, in the majority of cases even without their approval. In a
week, they gained 1600 members!
He
mentioned that at first the topics in the group were neutral:
commerce, rest, social questions. “But when Ukraine got free-visa
regime, moderators published an article about how the Ukrainians were
in a crazy hurry to cross the border (with corresponding ironical
comments). That moment I understood that it was an information
technology and reacted in a proper way”.
It
turned out to be that one of the main instrument of Russian secret
services abroad is the so-called “Coordination council”. Such
Councils appear in every country where strong Ukrainian communities
conduct activities or noticeable migration processes take place.
Without
any doubt, diaspora and patriots of Ukraine should work harder to
neutralize hostile propaganda, using all possible information
resources, explaining the deceitful and aggressive nature of Russian
government policy to the world community.