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U.K. accuses Russia of scheming to install a pro-Kremlin government in Ukraine

The British government on Saturday accused Russia of organizing a plot to install a pro-Moscow government in Ukraine, as the Kremlin masses troops and materiel near the Ukrainian border in what Western officials fear is an impending military assault on the neighboring nation.

The U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office gave relatively little information about the intelligence unveiled Saturday other than to say that the Russian government was considering trying to make a Russia-leaning former member of Ukraine’s parliament, Yevhen Murayev, the country’s new leader.

“The information being released today shines a light on the extent of Russian activity designed to subvert Ukraine, and is an insight into Kremlin thinking,” U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement, calling on Russia to de-escalate and pursue a path of diplomacy.

“As the U.K. and our partners have said repeatedly, any Russian military incursion into Ukraine would be a massive strategic mistake with severe costs,” Truss said.

British authorities also said they had information showing how Russia’s intelligence services maintain links with numerous former Ukrainian politicians. Some of those former Ukrainian politicians are in contact with Russian intelligence officers planning the attack on Ukraine, the British government said.

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In comments to the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph, Murayev, the owner of a pro-Russian television channel in Ukraine, said he was amused by the allegations.

“I have a hard time digesting stupidity and nonsense: Maybe someone wants to shut down yet another independent TV channel,” he said in a series of text messages, according to the Telegraph.

“As someone who has been under Russian sanctions for four years, barred from Russia as a national security threat and whose father got his assets frozen in Russia, I find it hard to comment on the Foreign Office’s statement,” he added.

Britain also named four former associates of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych as examples of former politicians in contact with Russian intelligence but did not say whether those four were involved directly in the plot to install Murayev.

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Rather than attempting an overt overthrow of the pro-Western government in Kyiv, analysts suspect that if Putin attempted a coup, he would instead seek to encourage the collapse of the current government and covertly promote a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician who would have more local credibility. The British government’s announcement was an attempt to thwart that activity.

“The Russians have a plan and we clearly think it’s worth people knowing about it,” said a Western official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters. “Calling it out takes away the element of surprise and also reduces the chances of Russia succeeding if they actually attempt it.”

“When the Russians attempt this and say, ‘This is an independent Ukrainian political movement,’ we can say, ‘No, that’s not true, this is the work of your intelligence apparatus which we’ve been warning about,’ ” the official said.

U.S. officials said they have no reason to doubt the British intelligence.

“This kind of plotting is deeply concerning,” White House National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said in a statement. “The Ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future, and we stand with our democratically-elected partners in Ukraine.”

Признаться, я даже не знал, кто такой Мураев. Сейчас только посмотрел статью о нем на Википедии. Но сама идея, что Россия попытается замутить что-то подобное, выглядит очень правдоподобно.

P.S. Вот, собственно, само заявление Великобритании.

Kremlin plan to install pro-Russian leadership in Ukraine exposed

Foreign Secretary statement on Kremlin plan to install pro-Russian leadership in Ukraine exposed

We have information that indicates the Russian Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine. The former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Murayev is being considered as a potential candidate.

We have information that the Russian intelligence services maintain links with numerous former Ukrainian politicians including:

• Serhiy Arbuzov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2012-2014, and acting Prime Minister in 2014


• Andriy Kluyev, First Deputy Prime Minister from 2010-2012 and Chief of Staff to former Ukrainian President Yanukovich


• Vladimir Sivkovich, former Deputy Head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council (RNBO)


• Mykola Azarov, Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2010-2014

Some of these have contact with Russian intelligence officers currently involved in the planning for an attack on Ukraine.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said:

The information being released today shines a light on the extent of Russian activity designed to subvert Ukraine, and is an insight into Kremlin thinking.

Russia must de-escalate, end its campaigns of aggression and disinformation, and pursue a path of diplomacy. As the UK and our partners have said repeatedly, any Russian military incursion into Ukraine would be a massive strategic mistake with severe costs.

The UK’s position on Ukraine is also clear. We unequivocally support its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, including Crimea. Ukraine is an independent, sovereign country.

Comments

[imfromjasenevo.livejournal.com]

мне кажется главное в произвол не сваливаться, тем более если это сделать законом, то кто помешает москве пользоваться этим и подставлять своих противников, рекламируя их?

[deadby1kcuts.livejournal.com]

Когда что-то ходит как утка и крякает как утка, нет нужды в подтверждении, что это утка. Если человек, годами поддерживающий сепаратистские организации, рассказывает о гражданской войне и о том, что надо жить дружно, не надо ни проверять его счета, ни иметь семь пядей во лбу, чтоб сказать, кто его поддерживает и чем все это кончится. И даже не важно, кто первый начал — его завербовали/купили, или он сам напросился.

Могла бы быть проблема, если б Москва поддерживала кандидата, защищающего интересы Украины, а он отнекивался, но такого почему-то никогда не происходит. В Украине, во всяком случае.

[imfromjasenevo.livejournal.com]

если принять подобный закон, то начнет поддерживать

[deadby1kcuts.livejournal.com]

Во-первых, никто не говорил о законе. Во-вторых, я не представляю себе закон о снятии с выборов на основании чьих-то положительных отзывов. Должно быть нарушение закона. Финансирование кампании, например. И если кандидат не виновен, его очень легко не принять.

Проблема в том, что это доказать не всегда просто.