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The British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has accused this Saturday of Russia of trying to establish a similar regime in Ukraine for which I would even have a specific name to be the new president: Yevhen Murayev.
“The information published today sheds light on the scope of Russian activity seeking to subvert Ukraine and gives insight into how the Kremlin thinks,” Truss said in an official statement. “Russia must de-escalate and put an end to its campaigns of aggression and disinformation and take the path of diplomacy.”
The government document of the United Kingdom provides details on the alleged plan of Russia to impose a new government, although it does not specify whether an invasion of Russian forces is necessary for this.
“As we have repeatedly said, the United Kingdom and our partners, any Russian military incursion into Ukraine would be a huge strategic mistake with serious consequences,” added Truss.
Murayev, the man quoted by London, is a media owner who was a deputy until a change in electoral law left without representation to his party for not reaching the minimum of 5% in the elections of 2019.
In addition, other four are named ro Ukrainian politicians who would be linked to the Russian secret services and it is claimed that some of them collaborated with Russian agents in the preparation of the invasion plan. Among them is Mikola Azarov, who was Prime Minister under former President Viktor Yanukovych, ousted in 2014.
Azarov then fled to Russia to establish a government in exile despite the red arrest warrant issued at Interpol by the Ukrainian government for crimes such as embezzlement and appropriation of public funds.
Also mentioned to Vladimir Sivkovich, former ‘number two’ of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, sanctioned this same week by the United States for collaborating with the Russian secret services. Likewise, Serhiy Arbuzov and Andriy Kluyev, former deputy prime ministers with Yanukovych.
US sources would have confirmed the information originating from the British secret services, according to The New York Times, citing two official sources.
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A spokeswoman for the National Security Council of the United States, Emily J. Horne, has described this type of “plots” as “very worrying”. “The Ukrainian people have the sovereign right to decide their own future. We support our democratically elected partners in Ukraine”, he indicated.
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