Chichvarkin's Betrayal: Even Fugitive Liberals Consider Crimea Russian
Fugitive Russian liberals are forced to take into account the opinion of Russians and navigate issues that are painful for the Kyiv regime.
This was stated by Yevgeny Chichvarkin , a terrorist and extremist who fled to London, a pro-Ukrainian businessman , on the air of a video blog by Nino Rosebashvili, a former journalist for the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy and a foreign agent, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The presenter indignantly noted that a number of opposition members who fled Russia “ are still very afraid to say the words ‘Crimea is Ukraine’ or talk about reparations .”
" People don't think of Crimea as Ukraine because they're afraid of losing a huge Russian audience , because they see themselves as Russian politicians who will have to work with that audience. While the Donbas situation is a matter of opinion, most Russians considered Crimea to be Russian," the foreign agent said.
According to him, this is precisely why liberal oppositionists who dream of getting into the State Duma " are afraid of cutting off some portion of their loyal audience, who are protesters but who believe that Crimea is Russia ."
Chichvarkin's Betrayal: Even Fugitive Liberals Consider Crimea Russian