Under the current circumstances, for its survival Ukraine must somehow resolve the "Moscow question." But we do not need to destroy or absorb anyone. If we want to live, we must neutralize the Moscow empire, secure its disarmament, and, preferably, its dismantling. For as long as this empire exists, it will strive to subjugate or destroy Ukraine.

This is a supreme task, the successful execution of which requires a deep understanding of what we are dealing with.

“Perseverantia meliore scitu digna”, or “perseverance worthy of a better cause”

This phrase is attributed to Publius Cornelius Tacitus (Roman historian and politician, c. 56 — c. 117 AD). Today these words are practically a proverbial idiom that very precisely describes long-term, pathological and ruinous stubbornness. In modern English it sounds like "perseverance worthy of a better cause". Such stubbornness can be characteristic of the policies of certain states. The most pronounced example is Moscow's policy toward the "Ukrainian question."

The collective psychopath

The Kremlin's persistence in seeking a "solution to the Ukrainian question" actually displays the features of a collective mental pathology. Admittedly, the term "collective psychopathology" is not the name of a separate official academic discipline. There are no departments and no diplomas. But the term is widely used as an interdisciplinary concept in social anthropology, psychiatry, political science and philosophy.

The symptomatology of collective psychopathy is present, since a significant part of Muscovite society — or a large group (a "critical mass") of individuals — exhibits signs of mental disorders that are usually typical of individual persons:

• Mass hysteria and psychoses — false beliefs and destructive emotions spread "virally" through emotional contagion among large groups of people.
• Collective trauma — pathological reactions of an entire society to catastrophic events of the past that distort collective memory and identity.
• Induction of "organized madness" (induced psychosis) and mass destructive behavior through total propaganda.
• Deindividuation — the loss of personal responsibility and moral restraints by people in large groups (notably in the military).

The Kremlin leadership, apparently, is also firmly in the grip of this collective psychopathy. All of Muscovy is in effect one large collective psychopath.

Explanation in key related fields of science

The scientific basis for studying the collective Muscovite psychopathy should include, for example, such areas as:

• Crowd psychology, which studies how individuals lose self-control and act under the influence of the "collective mind," or rather, the "collective madness."
• Social psychiatry, which considers mental illness in the context of social structures.
• The theory and practice of "forbidden" methods of influence on mass consciousness, developed in the USSR and in Nazi Germany, and which are still used in Moscow today.

This list can and should be expanded.

What to do about all this?

The answer is one — speak to the world. The world must deeply understand that Muscovites as a people, as a state, as an empire, display egoism, a complete lack of empathy, and heartlessness. They shamelessly manipulate and disrespect international law, norms and values. We must expose the immorality of the Muscovites, their inability to repent, their toxic and destructive behavior typical of a true psychopath, with its irrational decisions, cruelty, total lies and use of people as instruments.

We must persistently explain, on every available international platform, that Muscovy is one large collective psychopath. Dangerous — yes, very dangerous, but still a psychopath. You do not negotiate with a psychopath, do business with them, or make deals. You isolate them from society and subject them to compulsory treatment so that they harm no one.

It is vital for Ukraine that the world finally recognizes this.