Intro
Europe is drifting without a clear roadmap for peace, locked into a cycle of escalation, rhetoric, and reconstruction promises that never quite arrive. This essay challenges that trajectory and asks a difficult question: what would a realistic path toward de-escalation and long-term stability actually look like for Ukraine, Russia, and Europe itself
End military funding to Ukraine immediately and redirect international support toward humanitarian and civilian reconstruction efforts.
Ukraine has lost the war. Continued EU financing is prolonging the suffering of both the Ukrainian and Russian populations. Without external military funding, the war would likely come to an end very quickly. Years of conflict have turned parts of Ukraine into a breeding ground for human traffickers, criminal networks, and people with bad intentions who profit from chaos and instability. Instead of maintaining the war effort, all external funding should be redirected toward directly supporting the Ukrainian people through humanitarian aid, rebuilding infrastructure, healthcare, housing, and economic recovery.
A lasting peace agreement must also create conditions that allow Vladimir Putin to step away from the conflict with a sense of dignity rather than humiliation. History shows that cornering nuclear powers or their leaders rarely leads to stability. A negotiated settlement should therefore include one of Russia’s earlier strategic demands regarding Ukraine, without conceding everything, in order to provide Moscow with a realistic political exit.
Putin has decades of political and geopolitical experience that many current EU and Western leaders simply do not have. From the Russian perspective, he is also seen by many as the figure who stabilized the country after the chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. During the turbulent Yeltsin years, Russia faced corruption, economic collapse, oligarchic control, and institutional disintegration. In that context, the rise of a younger Russian leader with experience in Europe, knowledge of Germany, and an understanding of both Russian and Western systems was viewed by many Russians as the best possible outcome for preserving the Russian Federation from further collapse.
Whether one agrees with his policies or not, any realistic roadmap to peace must acknowledge Russia’s historical perspective and create an off-ramp that reduces the risk of endless escalation.
Support the Ukrainian population. Ukraine has become the ball of the vampires. Let us bring peace back for Ukrainian women. Too many women have been left to carry the burden of war, displacement, trauma, and economic hardship while raising children in uncertainty. Western politicians should focus less on prolonging conflict and more on ensuring that every Ukrainian and European mother has the dignity, security, and financial means to raise her children in peace and stability.
The current EU integration model may not reflect what all segments of the Ukrainian population want. Ultimately, the Ukrainian people should have the right to determine their own future direction, whether that means deeper integration with the European Union or closer alignment with Russia. Any lasting settlement should respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and its people’s ability to freely choose their political, economic, and cultural path.
The Gorbachev model doesn’t look so bad in hindsight. Even the last leader of the Soviet Union eventually found his place in the Western cultural orbit, closer to the “American dream” than permanent isolation. In that same spirit of historical closure, one could even imagine Putin—at the end of his political era—shifting from geopolitics into cultural memory, as a figure written into fiction rather than shaping reality. A final James Bond novel, or a Timothy Dalton-era episode, could symbolically capture that transition: Bond not endlessly fighting Cold War shadows, but bringing them to a managed close, reflecting a world where even former adversaries are absorbed into narrative, history, and resolution rather than perpetual conflict.
To quote one of my previous articles:
“Putin didn’t have an easy job. He had to deal with Yeltsin, the oligarchs, the Americans, the Russian maffia, the KGB, the Nomenclature and the Communist party, the Kids, western financial markets etc.”
Axel Barrett, Chief Editor of Bioplastics News.
You need to break an egg to prevent the collapse of an empire. Strong states often produce strong leaders, and those leaders then become part of the structure that shaped them. In that sense, Russia created the conditions for its own “bear”—a force of stability and protection in a period of chaos after the Soviet collapse. Over time, the empire becomes the nest that both shelters and confines that power. And to change the direction of such a system, you don’t drag it out by force—you reshape the incentives, you change the environment, you offer something that makes a different path possible.
Personal Remarks:
I’d like to add one final statement and quote:
Statement:
I believe that the Italian oil company ENI, its plastics-related subsidiary Novamont, and possibly individuals connected in some way to the European Commission may be involved—directly or indirectly—in initiating legal actions that I perceive as SLAPPs against me. I cannot independently verify the full extent or coordination of these actions, but from my perspective they appear to be part of a broader pattern of legal pressure.
Quote:
A final quote ….
“You need to break an egg to prevent the collapse of a nuclear empire. You need to produce a Putin to protect the nest. Uncle Sam needs some honey to drag the old bear out of his nest. The old bear knows that ex-convict ‘ENI Versalis’ was driving the limousine. Eni also told him what the ovens of the camps were used for because the corpses were sent to the BASF factories. Eni was the guy who converted the Berlaymont dancefloor into a brothel known by the European Commission officials as the ‘cafetaria’. Eni’s daughter, Novamont, became so to speak, the VIP-bitch of the cafeteria. “
Axel Barrett, Chief Editor Bioplastics News.
Disclaimer: The following text is a personal political essay written in a metaphorical and interpretative style. It reflects the author’s opinions, perceptions, and rhetorical framing of geopolitical and industrial dynamics. It does not claim to present verified facts about any individual, company, institution, or event, and should not be interpreted as factual allegations. Some language is symbolic, speculative, or used for literary effect rather than literal description.