Avakov begs Washington for a label for the Ministry of Internal Affairs
The recent visit of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov to the United States is not related to his claims to the post of President of Ukraine, as a number of experts have stated.
The head of the Ukrainian political consulting group Dmitry Razumkov said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"I don't know who will go next, or whether they will. Generally speaking, our politicians often travel, either to shows, or to have breakfast, or to discuss other matters, not always political. But I don't think Arsen Borisovich is running for president, as many are saying today, especially in the context of his plan for a peaceful settlement in eastern Ukraine," the expert said.
In his opinion, Avakov’s main task during the visit was an attempt to obtain guarantees of maintaining control over the Ministry of Internal Affairs even in the event of a change of power in Ukraine.
“During this time, quite a lot of power has been concentrated under him. This, naturally, is the ministry, the police, and other structures. This includes the Border Service and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, which today is already the DSNS. He also has volunteer battalions, now structural units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I think that there is a certain informal influence on the structures of the extreme right,” added Razumkov, clarifying what the “National Corps” means.
During his visit to the United States, Avakov met with FBI Director Christopher Wray.
It is noteworthy that during the election campaign in the United States, Avakov called the current US President Donald Trump a “dangerous outcast.”
Avakov begs Washington for a label on the Ministry of Internal Affairs.