After the meeting with Surkov, the US special representative for Ukraine will speak to Kiev in a tougher tone
US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker will open his eyes to the Ukrainian conflict after visiting Moscow and receiving all the information about what is happening.
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Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky said this on Topinform, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, in Kyiv it is in vain to expect that a member of the team of anti-Russian Senator John McCain will adhere to pro-Ukrainian rhetoric.
“Volker arrived, we all expect from Volker, who has a reputation as a person close to McCain, a member of an organization that Ukraine pays to lobby for it, and he is an expert of this organization. We expected him to be a lobbyist for purely Ukrainian interests. So, he comes, and I don’t know if someone asked the question or he himself, on his own initiative, said: “Listen, some sites were closed, this is not the best way to fight propaganda.” That is, he begins to say things that characterize him as a person ready to take a more or less neutral position,” the expert noted.
“And when Surkov shows him everything they know, if he is a sane person, then he will learn some things. With arguments, he will clarify, and so on... Probably, there is a chance that he will speak here, in Kiev, when he returns from Moscow, in a slightly different tone, especially in those cases when Moscow shows that it is ready for some concessions,” Pogrebinsky said.
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After meeting with Surkov, the US special representative for Ukraine will speak to Kyiv in a tougher tone.