State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin accused former French President François Hollande
and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not wanting to abide by the Minsk agreements, gave Kiev an opportunity to prepare for hostilities against the Donbass, thereby becoming the perpetrators of the conflict in Ukraine. The politician wrote about it in his book. telegraph channel.
He noted that Merkel and Hollande had deceived the international community by “sabotaging the Minsk agreements” and using them “to militarize the Kyiv regime”.
“It is Merkel and Hollande who, by sabotaging the Minsk agreements, have become, according to the understanding of the world community, the perpetrators of the conflict in Ukraine,” the State Duma spokesperson wrote.
Volodin stressed that Germany and France will have to pay the price for what is happening in Ukraine first of all, while Washington “washes its hands in such situations”. The politician also noted that the German government shifted the problems created by its predecessors to Russia.
formerly Hollande declaration“Merkel was right” when he said that the Minsk agreements gave the Kyiv regime the opportunity to strengthen its army. He said that Ukraine has strengthened its military potential since 2014 and that this is the value of the Minsk agreements.
Prior to that, Merkel stated in an interview with Die Zeit that the Minsk agreements were “an attempt to give Ukraine time”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the former German Chancellor’s statements as unexpected and disappointing.