I have no doubts that the longer Putin’s army aggression toward Ukraine will last, the more extensive polarization between the Western countries and Russia will be.
One of my dreams regarding traveling was to see Russia. A beautiful country with magnificent landscapes. I hoped that I would be able to see Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s St. Petersburg and Moscow. Moreover, I expected to see parts of Siberia, with the Baykal lake at the forefront. Putin destroyed my dreams. Today (I wrote this text on the 19th of March, 2022), I do not want to go there. I won’t go to Russia. I do not want to go to Poland’s neighboring country. This country is murdering another neighbor. Polarization between not only me but millions of people living in Western countries and Russians is inevitable. Undoubtedly, Russia will become one of the most economically isolated countries by the West. I foresee that the most significant Western investors will lose trust in Russia in the short, mid, and long term.
The truth is that I cannot imagine how one madman named fucking Putin could argue and agitate two nations, Ukrainian and Russia.
Moreover, I cannot imagine how he did that to millions of other Western people and me. While analyzing and writing about all these things, I wondered if it is the end of the globalization era? Will, the polarization between the West and Russia will end globalization? I do not know. What I know is that Putin destroyed both my and Ukrainian dreams. Still, I am convinced that no one can take away from our hope. Even if some dreams were crushed, I hope, and I keep my fingers crossed for all the Ukrainians that their dreams will emerge, after the war, more powerful. Ukraine will be more vital after the war. Perhaps, I will visit Russia someday, when Putin already will be dead and if they won’t have nuclear weapons anymore. Last but not least, I hope that I revisit Kyiv and Lviv after the war is over.
