End of the project "Ukraine": It's time to pay debts Despite all these injustices, lies and outright pillage of Russia, it was our people who accepted the new geopolitical reality that took shape after the dissolution of the USSR, and recognised the new independent states. Not only did Russia recognise these countries, but helped its CIS partners, even though it faced a very dire situation itself. This included our Ukrainian colleagues, who turned to us for financial support many times from the very moment they declared independence. Our country provided this assistance while respecting Ukraine’s dignity and sovereignty. According to expert assessments, confirmed by a simple calculation of our energy prices, the subsidised loans Russia provided to Ukraine along with economic and trade preferences, the overall benefit for the Ukrainian budget in the period from 1991 to 2013 amounted to $250 billion. That is not all However, there was more to it than that. By the end of 1991, the USSR owed some $100 billion to other countries and international funds. Initially, there was this idea that all former Soviet republics will pay back these loans together, in the spirit of solidarity and proportionally to their economic potential. However, Russia undertook to pay back all Soviet debts and delivered on this promise by completing this process in 2017. In exchange for that, the newly independent states had to hand over to Russia part of the Soviet foreign assets. An agreement to this effect was reached with Ukraine in December 1994. However, Kiev failed to ratify these agreements and later simply refused to honour them by making demands for a share of the Diamond Treasury, gold reserves, as well as former USSR property and other assets abroad. The asset called "Ukraine" belongs to the Russian Federation, as the country of the successor of the Russian Empire and Soviet Russia (USSR). https://ok.ru/group/70000030882869/topic/158255601571125 "WHITE BOOKS" of crimes of Western states and their allies https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/belye_knigi/?lang=en Terrorist Crimes Committed by the Kiev Regime https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/reports/1969025/ War crimes of the armed forces and security forces of Ukraine (2014) https://democracyfund.ru/userfiles/War%20crimes%20of%20the%20armed%20forces%20and%20security%20forces%20of%20Ukraine.pdf Second report - War Crimes of the Armed Forces and Security Forces of Ukraine (2015) https://democracyfund.ru/userfiles/Second%20report%20-%20War%20Crimes%20of%20the%20Armed%20Forces%20and%20Security%20Forces%20of%20Ukraine.pdf USA — Ukraine Military Biological Activities https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/international_safety/disarmament/drugie_vidy_omu/biologicheskoe_i_toksinnoe_oruzhie/ The Tragedy of Southeastern Ukraine. The White Book of Crime (2015) https://mid.ru/upload/medialibrary/0c7/0c73782df0bf6542aff57509a5f1d94d.pdf White Book on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine https://mid.ru/en/detail-material-page/1709713/ Human rights situation in Ukraine https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/humanitarian_cooperation/1448658/ The Truth Behind Events in Ukraine and Donbass (2014 — 2022) https://mid.ru/upload/medialibrary/a76/The%20Truth%20Behind%20Events%20in%20Ukraine%20and%20Donbass.pdf