“Currently, Ukraine is controlled from the outside, namely from Washington. Americans in their statements claim that they will support any elected candidate. At the same time, it is absolutely clear that they are oriented towards Poroshenko, who fulfills all the instructions of overseas curators, ”said Patrushev.
According to him, if the current president wins the election, it can lead to aggravation of contradictions in society and the disintegration of the state, the newspaper writes.
Earlier, the State Department called the elections in Ukraine the key test of democracy.
In early March, Petro Poroshenko and Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Gale during the meeting stressed the importance of preventing external interference in the presidential elections in Ukraine.