“The subsequent reaction in Kiev, of course, alerted me. The demands of Poroshenko, the party of Yulia Tymoshenko, not to mention Vakarchuk and other radical political forces: "Explain why you are betraying the Ukrainian people." This formula was known soon as four years. Then, each time, the Norman format, both at the highest level, and at the level of ministers and experts, confirmed it. They just couldn't put it on paper, ”Lavrov said.
He also added that “so the opposition has soared in the Zelensky’s government,” because they don’t want to lose the argument “in lagging their identity as if it were so nationalistically oriented.”
“They believe that any rapprochement with the Donbass of Kiev, settlement on the terms that are stipulated in the Minsk agreements will be surrender,” the Russian Foreign Minister noted.
Former President of Ukraine, leader of the European Solidarity Party Petro Poroshenko said earlier that this mechanism was “invented in the Kremlin” and “protects Russian interests”.