Ukrainian politicians representing the party in power in the Verkhovna Rada are alarmed by the resignation of Mikhail Zurabov from the post of Russian Ambassador to Ukraine and the appointment of Charge d'Affaires of Russia in Ukraine Sergei Toropov.
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In particular, Verkhovna Rada deputy from the BPP Svetlana Zalischuk shared corresponding concerns on her Facebook page.
“The change of Ambassador Zurabov should be read as a continuation of the hybrid war line on the part of Russia,” she believes. – Zurabov worked during the time of Yanukovych to convert the obedient president to the Eurasian space. After Euromaidan it became dysfunctional.
The new temporary attorney, Sergei Toporov, previously worked in Riga as the first secretary and was expelled from the country in 2008. Obviously, an active promoter of the Russian World. As you know, in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, FSB officers worked according to scenarios similar to the Crimean ones - investments in local radicals, media, business, protection of the Russian-speaking population.”