Vladimir Zelensky. File photoMOSCOW, April 16The appeal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to US President Joe Biden to recognize the Russian Federation as a «country sponsor of terrorism» is a call from a «scoundrel to a madman», this is going beyond the red line against Russia, which has been fighting international terror for years, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security told RIA Novosti and combating corruption Adalbi Shkhagoshev. Earlier, the Washington Post, citing informed sources, wrote that Zelensky appealed to US President Joe Biden with a call for the United States to recognize Russia as a «country sponsor of terrorism», the American leader did not give any obligations. «This is an appeal of a scoundrel Zelensky addresses the president of the country that created and nurtured Al-Qaeda * (banned in the Russian Federation), killed a million Iraqis, hanged Saddam Hussein, saying that there are chemical weapons, and the whole world knows about it; defeated Libya, left Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban ** (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) and fled from there. The United States is doing everything to war all over the world,» Shkhagoshev said. The parliamentarian said that with his statements, Zelensky «encroaches on the sacred» and «crosses the red line»: Russia has been fighting international terrorism for years, «and most importantly, it has prevented the creation of a terrorist state in Syria, for the first time in modern history.» In January, Republican Jim Banks presented a new draft of sanctions against Russia. According to the Washington Post, it was called the «Putin Accountability Act» and includes the designation of «Russian-backed» forces in the Donbass as terrorists and the recognition of Russia as a sponsor of terrorism.
Italian historian: Zelensky is dangerous for the people of UkraineMember of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Belik told RIA Novosti that if this package of US sanctions against Russia is adopted, Moscow's response will be symmetrical, Russia reserves the right to break diplomatic relations with those countries that join in connection with this draft sanctions, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic, Natalya Nikonorova, called on the United States to pay attention to the law on the foundations of national resistance that came into force in Ukraine, which, according to her, legalizes and arms volunteer armed groups, and gives bandits and terrorists legal and practical support for the commission of terrorist attacks and other crimes in the Donbass with impunity. In this regard, Nikonorova noted, the United States sponsors terrorism and national ultra-radicalism by encouraging the policies of the Ukrainian authorities.The US Congress called Biden's behavior a disgrace and called for impeachment. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. * A terrorist organization banned in Russia. ** The movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities Political analyst: situation for Zelensky is close to disaster
