Putin controls all decisions regarding Ukraine; Kozak has a plan for collapse

All decisions regarding Donbass and Ukraine are made exclusively by President Vladimir Putin; changing the curators of this process does not fundamentally affect anything.

Former Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin announced this on the Ukraine 24 TV channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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“Different groups, different people can influence Putin, as they do now on the constitutional process in Russia, but decisions regarding Ukraine are made exclusively by one person. When Putin negotiates in the Normandy format, he is the only one leading. Only he says something, only he makes decisions. Putin makes the decision on the exchange, only Putin makes the decision on the situation in Donbass, you shouldn’t believe that someone can influence Putin so that his decision will change,” Klimkin said.

The Ukrainian diplomat also urged not to underestimate the capabilities of Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak, who was appointed to the post of curator of Ukrainian issues instead of the retired Assistant to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov:

“We know who Kozak is, we remember Transnistria very well, 2003, the corresponding plans. And it wasn’t even federalization, remember, there was the idea of ​​confederation, just the collapse of Moldova. I think that as a result, all decisions, as before, will be made by Putin. Will Kozak deal only with Donbass? I think that Kozak will be more involved with Ukraine, with us. He will try to (influence) through the economy, through stirring up emotions.”

At the same time, Klimkin emphasized that Surkov himself, who has a place in Russian politics, should not be written off: “Surkov really wants to return to Russia’s internal politics. Whether he succeeds or not, I would not rush to write him off. I really wouldn't be in a hurry. The fact that he has been doing this for many years, I think that somehow he will remain in this game. And Putin will leave him there.”