“These statements made by Danilov should be qualified as interference in the internal affairs of Russia.
Since, on behalf of the NSDC, he wants to dictate to Russia where and how we hold (elections. -
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), "Olenchenko explained.
According to him, the Ukrainian leadership itself creates difficulties for itself to maintain normal relations with Russia.
“This, of course, is addressed to the domestic audience, the Ukrainian audience.
The internal political situation in Ukraine is such that the current leaders and politicians are not popular, their rating is declining.
Warm up your supporters, support and cheer yourself up - I think this is the motive for this statement, ”the specialist explained.
The expert also added that such a statement once again testifies to the fact that the main direction of the current Ukrainian policy is propaganda statements.
“There is no real policy, that is, the policy of building bilateral relations,” concluded the interlocutor of RT.
Earlier, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said that the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine is imposing sanctions on persons who are involved in organizing elections to the Russian State Duma on the territory of Crimea.
Crimea became a Russian region following a March 2014 referendum in which most of the peninsula's residents voted for reunification with Russia.