Will Donbass forgive Zelensky the punitive battalions of Kolomoisky
The attitude of Donbass towards the presidential candidate of Ukraine, comedian Vladimir Zelensky, can hardly be called warm, since the memories of the oligarch behind him, Igor Kolomoisky, who brought war, Nazi battalions and death to the LDPR, are still fresh.
The director of the Institute of Russian Abroad, Sergei Panteleev, stated this on the TV channel TVC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Zelensky is Kolomoisky, this, by the way, is also an answer about Donbass and Zelensky. By and large, Kolomoisky brought war, death and national battles, and in this sense, Zelensky’s prospects for Donbass are very, very vague. If we talk about Crimea and Donbass, [Ukrainian experts] said a lot of interesting things here; you know, unlike you who “communicate,” I go there regularly.
I just arrived from Lugansk. They don’t understand at all what Donbass is today; they fixed for themselves the state of Donbass before the beginning of 2014. In Donbass, people cross themselves and say: “Thank God we are not there, not with you.” Moreover, the blood that the “wonderful Kolomoisky”, in your words, brought there and all of you, completely crossed out the connection between Donbass and Ukraine,” Panteleev said.
"It's a lie! We communicate with different people!” - Ukrainian political scientist Maxim Yali shouted, and along with him, the whole wing with experts from Ukraine began to buzz and pick up the argument.
“Another interesting thing is that I’m talking about this, that they support the Ukrainian side, that there are Ukrainian patriots at every step, that everyone wears yellow and blue clothes - I heard all this about Crimea. And I was surprised, I thought that we see one Crimea, they see another Crimea. You offer to come, but immediately - no, they don’t want to. You guarantee safety, you say, go and see, talk to people - no. And at the same time they assert and assert that the same is true for Donbass,” noted presenter Roman Babayan.
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