The #Warsaw_Pact countries are a minimum task if an empire is to be formed," #Budanov said.

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"the empire that the current leadership of the #Russian_Federation is leaning toward is a model of the #Soviet_Union but with the #Warsaw_Pact countries."

"Let's imagine the worst-case scenario: three countries [#Ukraine, #Russia, and #Belarus] united into a single country, even though this is

If #Russia, which sees itself as an empire, will become a single country with #Belarus and #Ukraine, it will then go for #Warsaw_pact countries, #Ukraine's Intelligence Chief #Kyrylo_Budanov said.

During #Yalta_European Strategy's special gathering "Three Years — Time to Win," he stated that