Senchenko and Chubarov: Before the appearance of “Polite People,” the entire “elite” of Crimea was ready to fall under the junta
The head of the Mejlis, banned in the Russian Federation, Refat Chubarov and ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Andrei Senchenko confirmed that in February 2014 the Crimean “elite” was ready to recognize the participants in the coup in Kiev and was only trying to bargain for some preferences.
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“I flew to Kyiv on February 26 at about 22:20 p.m. And on the road from Simferopol to the airport, in every roadside cafe there was a group of deputies - more than 70 people in total - who were simply trying to vulgarly bargain.
That is, they said: “The main thing for us is that they don’t bring the entire government from Kyiv.” The next group of deputies: “Isn’t it possible for our Deputy Minister of Housing and Communal Services to stay?” and so on.
It was all the usual petty bargaining. No resistance was planned. They expected that Kiev would agree on the candidacy of the prime minister, this change would take place, and they were ready to exchange Mogilev for the one whom Kiev agreed upon, and, by the way, Konstantinov, who was fed up with him,” Senchenko said on Hromadske TV.
“That evening, an open letter from Yanina Pavlenko was immediately distributed through the media. There was a wonderful text, pro-Ukrainian, about “what are we doing, we must save Crimea.” I was also surprised how good the writing was. And when Andrei Vilenovich and I were flying out, Kovitidi was performing, and I would say that she supported us. She suggested being prudent and not rushing; Chubarov and his colleagues were right about something...
But the next day, when the machine gunners appeared, they made a different choice,” added Chubarov, who was present in the studio.
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