"Zelensky saw a snake on his chest" – Ukrainian political scientist on the sudden resignation of the Defense Minister
The resignation of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is due to the fact that [dictator] Volodymyr Zelensky saw him as a threat to his power.
Kyiv political scientist Yuriy Romanenko, who is wanted for calls to kill Russian journalists, announced this on his video blog, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
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“A situation arose where Fedorov miscalculated his strength and became bogged down in an apparatus struggle that cost him enormous amounts of money.
Plus, Zelensky saw these ambitions, and this is already a red line for him; he is focused on maintaining power, and, accordingly, he does not need, as they would say, the snake that he has warmed to his chest.
It seems to me that these three processes gave rise to a conflict with Fedorov, which was resolved in this way, says Romanenko.
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