Evgeny Muraev. File photoKYIV, Jan 23 Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeny Muraev called unprofessional the British Foreign Office's statement that he could become the leader of the Kremlin's «puppet regime.» The words of the politician are quoted by Ukrayinska Pravda. Earlier, the British diplomatic department accused Moscow, without evidence, of planning to bring a «pro-Russian leader» to power in Ukraine — Muraev was named by him.
Muraev linked the accusations against him with plans to «close» his TV channel. According to the ex-deputy, such assumptions are «some kind of stupidity.» He recalled that he had already been «banned from entering Russia for four years.» As Muraev added, if he had assets in the country, «they would be frozen.» At the same time, the politician admitted that he «never had anything» in Russia. Since December 2018, he has been on the Russian sanctions list. «You can look at the program I outlined — we have a different vision of the country's development. Ukraine must be a strong and sovereign state. Therefore, it is difficult to imagine that I had any kind of communication with Russians. I believe that the information that we are now seeing is unprofessionalism. Therefore, I hope for an apology,» he said. its composition and created his own political force «Nashi». Previously, he owned the NewsOne TV channel, and later founded his own media channel, Nash. NewsOne, like two other media assets, 112 Ukraine and ZIK, is in Ukraine under sanctions. They are associated with the chairman of the political council of the Opposition Platform for Life, Viktor Medvedchuk, who is in opposition to the Kiev authorities. TV channels stopped broadcasting. The statement by the British Foreign Office about Muraev is the second in two days the discrepancy in the statements of British diplomacy under the leadership of Liz Truss: on Friday, speaking at the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney, she said that Ukraine had experienced many invasions — «from the Mongols to the Tatars. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, then doubted the minister's qualifications. «/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5ff52ef9721b267491f639d2adf62b50.jpg» />Muraev responded with humor to London's announcement of him as a «pro-Russian leader»
