The United Russia party is consulting the press statements of Konstantin Zatulin, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on CIS Affairs, a member of the ER Duma faction. Referring to two sources within the party and a source close to the Presidency administration, Reports the newspaper “Vedomosti”.
“It is too early to say what measures will be taken,” an AP-affiliated source told reporters. The newspaper’s interlocutor in the “ER” said that the situation is under the control of Vyacheslav Makarov, the first deputy head of the United Russia fraction. One of Vedomosti’s sources said that Zatulin could be removed from his post as first vice chairman of the CIS affairs committee or expelled from the ranks of the faction. According to him, party members “pooled up questions” for Zatulin about his statements.
Konstantin Zatulin is not a member of United Russia, but a member of the Duma faction.
“What kind of Ukraine do we need?” organized by MIA “Russia Today” on June 1st. He spoke on the forum. In his speech, Zatulin said that Russia should “transfer life on the basis of war” in difficult conditions. He also said that the duties of the special military operations were not fulfilled.
“What were our officially announced goals at the beginning of the military operation? You all remember – denazification, demilitarization, the neutrality of Ukraine and the protection of the inhabitants of the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, which have suffered all this time. In which of these items have we achieved results so far?” asked the deputy.
He also stressed that Russia “has not shown such victorious results that we would like to take credit for ourselves.” Among other things, Zatulin drew attention to the empty city of Zaporozhye and the abandoned Kherson.
In addition, Zatulin suggested that the initial plan of the SVO was reduced to the fact that: “After our strong action, the Ukrainian state is falling apart pretty quickly, and without much sacrifice it is possible to achieve what we have not achieved in eight years. Trying to implement the Minsk agreements.”
But now “it is clear to everyone that the plan is not working and we must move on to another plan.” Zatulin also described the ceasefire as “the defeat of that idea, of the original plan”.
In a comment to Vedomosti, Konstantin Zatulin said that none of the group’s leaders had contacted him about these words. during the conversation With the Telegram channel “Ascension” He expressed the view that his words were taken out of context.
“I said everything I thought was necessary, and moreover, I reacted when I saw that they deliberately distorted what I said and took it out of context. I mentioned that at the moment the goals of the SVO were not achieved, then to say what needs to be done to achieve these goals, ”the deputy stressed.
Leonid Kalashnikov, chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, told Rise that the decision on Zatulin’s future will be made by United Russia.
“He is a very domineering, intelligent, intelligent man, he has some shortcomings like all of us, but it is not my business to discuss his position. The party decides who will be appointed to this or that post. This is not decided by the commission,” he said.