Vladimir Putin accuses kyiv and the West of having fomented the assassination of a Russian journalist

Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov.

Photo dated September 24, 2020. © Wikimedia Commons / Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

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A famous Russian television journalist targeted by a murder plot hatched by Ukraine and its Western allies?

Vladimir Putin says so.

According to the Interfax news agency, the Russian authorities have arrested members of a nationalist group acting under the orders of Ukrainian spies and planning to assassinate Vladimir Soloviev.

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Journalist Vladimir Soloviev, who is on the list of personalities targeted by European sanctions, is one of the Kremlin's most loyal spokespersons.

Invariably dressed in a long jacket with a Mao collar, he officiates daily on the radio or television, and there defends tooth and nail the Russian military offensive in Ukraine, while making particularly virulent remarks against Europe.

This did not prevent him from acquiring three properties on the shores of Lake Como, in Italy.

But he can no longer go there, because of Western sanctions.

In his talk shows on the first Russian television channel, the tone is aggressive, hateful: the presenter and his guests rant against the war machine of NATO, which Russia " 

 ", or against Ukraine , which must be “ 

”.

According to the version of the FSB intelligence services, the murder of Vladimir Solovyov was ordered by the Ukrainian security services.

But the main interested party, sure of himself, believes that the order comes from even higher:

I am a personal enemy of the Deputy Fuhrer and that is why, if something happened to me, know that it is an order from Zelensky

The SBU, Ukraine's security service, scoffed at the Russian allegations, pointing out that they had no intention of killing what they call the Russian "Goebbels", because they hope he will be brought before an international court.

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