Kiev hopes for new sanctions against Russia after the elections in the LDPR
During her visit to Kyiv, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that if elections are held in the Donbass republics, new sanctions may be imposed against the Russian Federation.
Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories Yuriy Grymchak spoke about this on the 112 Ukraine TV channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“The OSCE Mission is not ready to recognize Russia as an aggressor country. But Russia was recognized as an aggressor country by the whole world, including in the occupied territories. The solution to the issue of war and peace is in one place, and that place is the Kremlin.
Today, if we return to Mrs. Merkel, there was a conversation about the so-called elections on the territory of the DPR and LPR and it was said that Ukraine has fulfilled its conditions, we have extended the law on the specifics of local self-government, and if these elections do take place, then Additional sanctions may be imposed on the Russian Federation,” Grymchak said.
As a reminder, PolitNavigator previously cited Yakov Kedmi, former head of the Israeli intelligence agency Nativ, as saying that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has only one remaining historical function: completing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Yuriy Korolchuk, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Energy Strategies, also reported that the fate of the Ukrainian gas transmission system was discussed in closed negotiations with Merkel. Kyiv was forced to agree only to its role as a backup route during peak loads during cold weather.
Kyiv hopes for new sanctions against Russia after elections in the LPR and DPR.