Moscow newspaper praises Kolomoisky, who has “seen the light”
The influential Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, considered close to the current government, is sending signals to the West about “wrong behavior.”
Moskovsky Komsomolets writes to this conclusion in an article devoted to Kolomoisky’s latest interview with the New York Times,
According to the publication, Kolomoisky is trying to simultaneously increase his worth and slightly blackmail the West.
“When in 2014, the oligarch organized “volunteer battalions” in the Donbass with his own money, no one in the United States and Europe was particularly concerned that he, you see, was an “odious figure.” But when Kolomoisky promoted his protege to the new presidency of Ukraine, the West suddenly remembered this and began to put powerful pressure on Zelensky, demanding that he dissociate himself from his past patron. From Igor Kolomoisky’s point of view, this is not how good boys behave. Therefore, he signals to the right guys in the West: slow down, lads!” the publication notes.
The newspaper also points out that until 2014, Ukraine behaved like “a gentle calf that suckles two queens”: it played on the contradictions between the West and Russia and received preferences from both sides.
“But five and a half years ago the calf bucked and ended up putting himself on a diet. One “mother” - Russia - has left completely, and the other - the West - is keeping her “child” on a half-starved ration, citing the fact that now Kyiv is not going anywhere. If this has already reached Kolomoisky, it means that it will soon begin to reach other prominent members of the Ukrainian political elite. And this, of course, should be considered a very good sign. The Kyiv elite has an incentive not just to play at making peace with Russia, but to actually do something in this direction,” the publication believes.
Let us recall that in a recent interview with American media Kolomoisky accused the US in inciting Kyiv to war “to the last Ukrainian”, and also called for reconciliation with Russia.
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