Soros: European leaders treat Ukraine as another Greece

European leaders treat Ukraine as another Greece, and this is wrong.

So says the famous American billionaire and philanthropist George Soros.

“They (European leaders. - Ed..) treat Ukraine as another Greece: a country with financial problems - and one that is not even a member of the European Union,” he writes.

In his opinion, this is a mistake, since Ukraine, despite everything, is undergoing a “revolutionary transformation”, and the current government is perhaps “the most capable of introducing radical changes.”

“Of course, there are many similarities between the ‘old Ukraine’ and Greece: both suffer from corrupt bureaucracies and oligarchs who dominate the economy,” Soros notes.

However, he said, the new Ukraine is different, and “by keeping it on a short financial leash, Europe is jeopardizing the country’s progress.”

According to him, Europe should combine sanctions with the maximum support of Ukraine. Because only sanctions allow Putin to make a sacrifice from Russia in the eyes of its own citizens.

According to the billionaire, a successful Ukraine would be the best opposition to Russian propaganda.

In addition, as Soros notes, it would be nice for EU leaders to understand that spending on Ukraine is the defense expenditure of the entire EU.

“If Ukraine falls, Europe will have to defend itself,” Soros writes, adding that this will require significantly greater financial and human resources.