Former Czech foreign minister: Russia will fall apart

Former Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg says he expects Russia to fall apart as a result of its war against Ukraine and a continuing decolonisation process. Speaking in an interview in an Austrian newspaper on Sunday, the ex-politician and aristocrat, who was 85 last week, said that a large part of the Russian Federation would become independent.

Mr. Schwarzenberg made a comparison with Germany, which he said had only been cured of its imperialism after defeat in WWII. Every imperial power must experience defeat before it can return to normal thinking, he said.