"The reality is that a multipolar world has already begun to take shape. [...] Unipolarity of the old world is sort of fading, there's a new reality, the United States has acknowledged that much and is trying to protect its interests in that new reality," Kubayi said.
"For now, the question is what then would be the nature or character of this multipolarity? And that is something that the global community has to negotiate and decide," he noted.
Talks on Ukraine Should be Genuine & Sincere to Achieve Lasting Peace
"Experience is a good teacher and Russia would be well aware of what has been done in the past and would, of course, be more circumspect this time around," the researcher said, commenting on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's recent statement that Moscow cannot take the Kiev regime "at its word," given its past actions undermining the peace process.