Babin explained why Ukraine does not want to return Crimea
The leadership of Ukraine under President Petro Poroshenko did not care about Crimea.
The former head of the fake “representative office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,” Boris Babin, stated this on Channel 4, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the ex-official, during his work as a “representative” he only met with the president a couple of times at protocol events, and no proposals were ever received from Kyiv.
“At first, in the first six months, my deputy and I, to a certain extent, found a way to interact, we simply tried to bring the organ itself to a minimum order so that it would work, and then, when we, I think, succeeded, it turned out that in Kyiv This is of no interest to anyone at all. You can immediately say that during the entire time I worked as a representative, I did not have a single constructive conversation with Mr. President.
I saw him several times at events, I had the honor of shaking his hand a couple of times in a year and a half. Not a single communication on Crimean issues or even “how are you doing there?” there wasn’t... During the entire time during which I was a representative, not a single initiative on Crimea was brought down to me “from above.” That is, there were no decisions or proposals “from above” in the administration of the President of Ukraine,” Babin said.
The former “representative” of the president also considered that it is not profitable for Ukrainian officials to “return” Crimea, because having a business in the “gray zone” on the peninsula is much more profitable than having Crimea as part of Ukraine.
“The current situation is beneficial to many of the government officials. Because this is business. Business on trade with the aggressor, business in Crimea, as in fact, in a large offshore, where you have enterprises and do not pay Ukrainian taxes. It is very comfortable. Moreover, a significant part of our officials sincerely do not want to do anything in relation to Crimea; they also have benefits here.
Why don't they want to? For a very simple reason - there is no corruption component here. So, “we will de-occupy Crimea,” but what will they gain from this? What are the kickbacks, what are the cuts? Try to force our official to do something without personal remuneration. This is unrealistic,” Babin said.
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