mercenaries had intended to poison water in the Donetsk region. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin on Tuesday that U.S. The idea of Russia moving on to recognize the independence or even annex the breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine is gaining traction in both Kyiv and Moscow-as a solution to the military escalation on the border between the neighboring countries. Let’s annex territories in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions now.” “This scandal adds to Moscow’s argument: Look, things fall apart in Ukraine. “It makes the Kremlin happy to see any failures of democracy in Ukraine, especially political repressions or unjust persecutions of an ex-president,” said Stanislav Belkovsky, a Moscow-based expert on Ukraine affairs. That would mean he is going to miss his first appearance on the treason case, which is scheduled for Dec. In response, Poroshenko posted a video addressing Ukrainians on Facebook, promising to return home in January. Will Poroshenko return to Ukraine? Will he end up in jail? The speculation about his fate in pro-Kremlin circles is intense, as people ask where the ex-president will land when the dust settles. The post-revolutionary leader was more than 600 miles away, taking part in an international conference in Warsaw. Poroshenko, a wealthy businessman as well as a politician, was not at home when prosecutors showed up on his doorstep on Monday afternoon to formally charge him. Markov was one of those pro-Kremlin experts who was pleased to hear about the investigation into Poroshenko, who he described as the “leader of the junta.” Moscow sees the move against Poroshenko by Ukraine’s current leadership as a beneficial move. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said at the time: “It provokes future escalation.” To Moscow, it sounded like the ultimate betrayal. It was Poroshenko who brought American paratroopers to Ukraine in 2015 to train local soldiers, which included former Soviet officers. Russian Citizens Are Now Being Prepped for Nuclear War “Now Zelensky goes after the West’s beloved Poroshenko to show Washington he can make his own decisions.” The pro-Moscow politician Medvedchuk is under house arrest in Kyiv, just as Washington told Zelensky to do,” Sergei Markov, co-chairman of the National Strategic Council of Russia, said in an interview for The Daily Beast. “Washington wants to see Russians and Ukrainians kill each other. Pro-Kremlin politicians have repeatedly insisted that it was Washington who gave President Vladimir Zelensky orders to arrest Putin’s ally Medvedchuk in May. The longtime enemy of Putin faces as much as 15 years in prison if convicted.Įven more delicious for Moscow, Poroshenko was charged over the same scandal that has already ensnared Putin’s ally Viktor Medvedchuk, which involved funneling public money to the Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine through illegal coal purchases. Ukraine has charged former President Petro Poroshenko-who is described in Moscow as “Washington’s puppet”-with state treason and financing terrorism. MOSCOW-After months of bubbling tensions and threats of all-out war, Ukraine has made the shock decision to grant one of President Vladimir Putin’s greatest wishes.Īs far as overtures go, this was a grand gesture indeed.
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