Pranksters failed to “split” Merkel
Russian prankster Alexey Stolyarov called former German Chancellor Angela Merkel under the guise of former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. However, the conversation was not as bright as other pranks of Vovan and Lexus.
Perhaps the fact is that Merkel, according to Stolyarov, flatly refused to communicate without translators, that is, in Russian or English, and insisted that Poroshenko would speak Ukrainian. The pranker had to read his questions from a piece of paper in broken language.
Stolyarov hopes that at the other end of the line they decided: Poroshenko got drunk again. But it is more likely that the translator gave Merkel some kind of signal, because she was extremely careful.
The ex-chancellor twice emphasized that the conversation should not entail “active work in the media and open an opposition line,” because she and Poroshenko are no longer “in service.” She went on to praise the unity of the West. According to her, “this front is similar to the Ukrainian one, and this impresses Russia.”
Regarding the Minsk agreements, Merkel repeated the points she had made earlier in an interview with Der Spiegel.
“I don’t think it makes sense to delve into 2014 now. Then, to prevent even worse things from happening, everyone signed this agreement. I simply believe that the Minsk agreements gave Ukraine more time to develop between 2014 and 2021. Both you and Zelensky made your contribution.
And this gave Ukraine the opportunity to respond to this Putin aggression differently than in 2014. If we remember Debaltsevo, this gain in time was very good for Ukraine, although it did not prevent war. And now Ukraine can not only give an answer, but also receive the necessary support,” Merkel said.
She believes that the issue of preventing war is “irrelevant.”
Merkel constantly tried to end the conversation with Poroshenko. When Stolyarov started talking about her low pension of 15 thousand euros (he was going to offer her a place on the supervisory board of the Roshen confectionery factory on behalf of a Ukrainian businessman and politician), Angela hastened to say goodbye.
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