Abramovich's role in negotiations with Russia is exaggerated - Kuleba

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that the role of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in the negotiations of Ukraine with Russia was exaggerated. In an interview with a journalist Dmitry Gordon, published on Monday, August 15, Kuleba noted that Abramovich was a "direct access man" to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Video of the Day "Imagine, you have war, nothing is clear, and here they come and say," There is a person who has direct access to Putin.

" Would you reject such a person? The minister also spoke about his meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian country of terrorist Sergiy Lavrov in Antalya through the Media of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Chavushoglu. Kuleba noted that Lavrov adhered to the official line of Russian propaganda about the "neo -Nazis" and was unsure of himself. During the talks, the Ukrainian Minister suggested that Lavrov speak openly, but he continued to repeat the propaganda stamps. ". . .

he just in response began to grind all this loom about" denacification "," demilitarization ". . . That is, if I thought he thought that he may still not believe in all this, but simply how to work out . . . In Antalya, I came out of this meeting completely convinced that he believes in everything he says, ”Kuleba added.

At the end of March, the adviser to the Presidential Office and a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations, Mikhail Podolyak, stated that Abramovich was an "extremely effective mediator" in negotiations and helps to "partially moderated the process". In April, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Abramovich was a part of the Russian negotiation group and came to Kyiv.

Financial Times sources reported that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin personally approved Abramovich's participation in peace talks of Russia and Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal wrote that Zelensky had asked American colleague Joe Biden not to impose sanctions against the Russian oligarch because of his role as a mediator in negotiations.

At the end of June, the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak said that a peace treaty with Russia is possible when Ukraine will restore its territorial integrity. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is ready for negotiations only if the aggressor country is ready to put an end to the war.