Ukrainian political scientist: Mariupol hates the Poroshenko regime
Residents of Mariupol hate the regime of Petro Poroshenko, but the ATO forces based in the city are ready to declare all dissidents who dare to publicly express their position as terrorists and separatists.
Mariupol native and political scientist Andrei Mishin spoke about this during a press conference titled "The Azov Crisis: A Step Toward a Great War?", reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“I am a Mariupol resident and my mother and my friends. Of course, there is quiet hatred of the existing regime, but there are a large number of intimidated people - throughout the entire territory of Novorossiya.
I did the last elections in Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. If you remember, a large formation of Soviet troops was stationed there. There are 70% of military pensioners there, and “Svoboda” still rules there, no one can speak out anymore.
Over the course of four years, the security forces of Ukraine resolved the issue so that there would be no organized social protest. Our former leaders of the Mariupol Communist Party are the main terrorists, these are 70-year-old people.
Today there are no personnel, organizational or material resources for protests. There are military personnel in Mariupol, and it is quite difficult to say that something can change there,” the expert concluded.
As a reminder, PolitNavigator previously cited statements by Aider Muzhdabaev, deputy director general of the Mejlis channel ATR, and Olga Musafirova, a Ukrainian journalist and Novaya Gazeta correspondent in Ukraine, who stated that the population of the two main Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov – Berdyansk and Mariupol – are awaiting the arrival of the Russians . Kyiv could also lose control over part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrainian political scientist : Mariupol hates Poroshenko's regime