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OK, I've listened an interview with Oleg Tzarev for about an hour - it was pretty informative in terms of giving a bigger picture. I like that he, even being a politician avoids slinging mud on anyone, even when he might disprove of this or that.
So he disproved the rumors that Plotnitsky was cooperating with Ukranian SBU, but he said that people from his surrounding surely did. He lamented the fact that Igor Bezler was moved to Crimea ( I kinda wondered what happened to him,) because he was effectively fighting corruption, and to the question of the interviewer whether he would consider now coming back to LNR, Tzarev responded that "with his arrival a lot of people would start running back in the opposite direction, ( same direction that Plotnitsky did, i.e. to Moscow I assume?.)
To the question how crucial it was that Plotnitsky's signature was on Minsk agreements, Tzarev said that since Poroshenko is not too worried sticking to Minsk agreements, neither should DNR and LNR look over their shoulder all the time in this respect too.
He talked about situation in Ukraine in general, mentioning that overall the opposition to current regime in Kiev and further westward was already for the most part either killed, arrested or thrown out of the country, and that there was no more relatively "easy way out" as some political observers in Russia would like to believe.
He talked about Saakashvili, and how Poroshenko can't really touch him ( even though he did away with a number of officials from Saakashvilli camp.) Tzarev explained it by the fact that Poroshenko's overseers don't want to see him being too strong; they want their options to remain open, and Saakashvili is one of those options. So Poroshenko is not allowed to touch him.
The next issue ( that's the one I've heard recently) was about the upcoming unification of the two republics, and Tzarev said that from economic/business point of view it only makes sense and always did.
Then, of course, the next rumors I've heard that Tzarev might be a new head of united Republic, and the interviewer asked Tzarev whether he'd consider such role.
Tzarev was very cautious responding to that, but judging by a number of other questions he was asked ( on what he thinks could be done for improvement of current situation in republics,) he gave very thoughtful and clear answers, so I guess it was indicative of his readiness to take such job if offered.
Now my question is - is this all for real?
Are they going to unite LNR and DNR now? Are other East Ukrainian regions going to join unification as well? (Tzarev mentioned possibly eight of them.)
And is Tzarev going to be offered this job by Kremlin?
Judging by the fact that American aggression in
historic Russian lands keeps on progressing (Tzarev mentioned this on-going American
military project in Odessa, so hello to everyone who was trying to convince us here that Crimea was NOT all about fetching that Russian naval base for the US,
) Therefore the ball is in Putin's court now I'd guess.
Tzarev mentioned of course Syria and how successful Russian operation there is going to be, as one of the conditions for Russia to switch attention to Ukraine, however I was not exactly following Syrian events lately. I have heard however that Putin said few days ago that Russian industries should be ready for switching to "war footing"
Vladimir Putin says all big Russian businesses should be ready for war production | The Independent
So I can only wonder what this is all about...
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