When they stopped being afraid of Moscow, Russian tanks came in, - ex-Minister of Economy of Ukraine
Kyiv, September 11 (PolitNavigator, Yuriy Kovalchuk) – The war in Donbass is the Kremlin’s reaction to the fact that Ukraine got out of its control as a result of the winter Maidan, says former Minister of Economy Vladimir Lanovoy.
“We were on our knees for 10 years, when we didn’t even pay salaries, and we were afraid to say a word against Russia, so as not to irritate them. And when they stopped being afraid, Russian tanks came in,” he said on the TBi TV channel.
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According to Lanovoy, Ukraine can be independent of fuel supplies from Russia, it’s just that Ukrainian officials have not dealt with this issue - and for good reason.
“The Kremlin’s main task is to undermine the Ukrainian economy. Within the framework of this project, energy dependence of Ukraine was artificially created. This was done with the help of the “5th Column” - proteges of Russia and the FSB, who were specially infiltrated into government and governing structures. In fact, Ukraine has enough resources to have complete energy independence,” the economist assures.
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