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RIZOSPASTIS: Hard bargaining for Ukraine’s mineral wealth

The daily newspaper “Rizospastis”, the organ of the Cental Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, refers on its front page of 26 February 2025 to the developments around the imperialist war in Ukraine and states in its headline: “The bargaining for mineral wealth exposes the imperialist pretexts”.
The article goes on to say that “The US-NATO-EU propaganda in defence of ‘democracy’ and ‘Western values’ is collapsing like a house of cards. The role of the ND government is exposed, as well as that of the social-democratic parties (PASOK, SYRIZA) and others who support the country’s involvement in the war. The positions of the KKE are confirmed”.
“The sharing of the spoils between the Euro-Atlantic ‘allies’ and Russia is at the heart of the negotiations for the ‘day after’ in Ukraine. Amid the destruction of the war, the US and the EU are vying to get their hands on the precious metals, while Russia is also negotiating to sell rare earths to the US. This is why wars are fought! Imperialist 'agreements' and 'ceasefires' not only fail to defuse the rivalries, but also trigger new, harsher ones. (...) The imperialist peace that is being prepared in Ukraine has the same objectives as the imperialist war, including the division of mineral wealth. That is why imperialist agreements will not defuse or reverse the course of escalating competition and conflicts; on the contrary, they will accelerate it,” the article concludes.
It should be noted that the KKE, like other Communist and Workers’ parties from all over the world based on Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism, has pointed out from the very beginning that at the heart of the imperialist war in Ukraine lies the division of mineral wealth, energy, territories, work force, pipelines and commodity transport networks, geopolitical footholds and market shares.
The KKE has also highlighted the responsibilities of the bourgeoisie classes of all the powers involved and fought against the anti-communist and anti-Soviet distortion of history by both sides of the imperialist war.
In particular, it has emphasized the necessity of the joint struggle of the peoples against capitalism, which gives rise to wars, and has opposed the multifaceted involvement of Greece in the war, under the responsibility of the New Democracy government and all the Euro-Atlantic parties, by organizing mass and important political events.
26.02.2025