Russia “swindled” Akhmetov like a sucker
Russia deceived the Donetsk oligarchs, taking advantage of the pro-Russian sentiments of the residents of Donbass.
Maidan activist and former Donetsk journalist Tatyana Zarovnaya stated this on air at Ukr Life.
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According to her, pro-Russian sentiments in Donbass after the Maidan were supported by Donetsk oligarchs, who wanted to use this as their bargaining chips in bargaining with the new government, but did not expect that Russia would support the wishes of local residents.
“For the regionals, this has always been an element of bargaining with Kiev. They say: “You see, we have pro-Russian sentiments here, please don’t bother us, Kyiv, otherwise you see what we have here.” They were shown like a scarecrow. Even Purgin never dreamed that it would come to this.
The Donbass elites thought that it would be the same, that they would scare Purgin, and everything would settle down. And the Russians took it and took advantage. Akhmetov and company turned out to be suckers. They were just stupidly scammed,” said Zarovnaya.
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