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The West prepares to establish the office of a "proxy ruler" in Ukraine with constant access to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin said in a statement.
"The West continues to strengthen the mechanisms of direct external management of Kiev-controlled territory," Naryshkin said. "According to the obtained information, the US and the UK try to convince other G7 states to establish the office of a ‘special representative’ for Ukraine."
"It is expected that this person will have constant access to President Zelensky and know about all his plans. The ‘special representative’ will also have to block Ukrainian leadership’s steps that were not negotiated with Washington and London, instead proposing solutions that are considered correct from the Anglo-Saxons’ standpoint," the statement reads.
According to Naryshkin, "a wide range of Russophobic-minded American and European politicians claim the role of such a de facto ‘proxy ruler’ of the West in Ukraine. Among them stands out NATO's Jens Stoltenberg, who wants to go to monitor order in Kiev immediately after the end of the current mandate in Brussels."
Cases of defection to Russian side
"Washington and London are now wary of betrayal of mane representatives of the Kiev elite, who may try to play proactively, defecting to the winning side in advance," Naryshkin underscored. "And such concerns are justified - the first cases have already happened."
During the discussion of the topic of the "special envoy" to Ukraine, "it was taken into account that, amid the deteriorating situation at the frontline, complications with the mobilizations and difficulties with obtaining Western military aid, many Ukrainians have started comprehending the inevitability of achievement of the special military operation goals by Moscow."
"Of course, another rude Western attempt to tighten the enslavement of our neighborly Ukrainian people cannot but raise concern," he pointed out. "At the same time, chances are high that the implementation of the idea of appointment of a ‘viceroy’ in Ukraine will not lead to results, desired by the UK and the US."
"Whomever may assume this office, the Western ‘special envoy’ is unlikely to remain afloat in the Kiev swamp of mutual hatred, scheming, lies, flattery and betrayal for long. Submerging to the bottom, they will find themselves in a warm company of G7 envoys to Ukraine, who, as it is now apparent, failed the role of a ‘collective viceroy’ on Ukrainian land," Naryshkin stated.
Russia imposes sanctions against 18 British citizens — Foreign Ministry
In response to the UK’s confrontational course, Russia imposed sanctions against 18 UK citizens, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.
"In response to London’s continued confrontational course, which includes efforts to demonize our country, active fabrication of anti-Russian narratives in a bid to weaken Russia’s influence on the international arena, and further pumping of the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine with weapons, a decision was made to include a number of British military and political establishment figures and representatives of British academic community to the Russian stop list," the Ministry said.
Russia imposed sanctions against Royal Navy Director of Submarines Simon Asquith, National Cyber Force Commander Tim Neal-Hopes, Prime Minister’s special envoy for the Western Balkans Stuart Peace and Minister of State for Defense Procurement James Cartlidge. The expanded sanctions list also includes a number of British officials, including Deputy Chief of the Defense Staff Roland Walker, Deputy National Security Adviser Sarah MacIntosh, Members of the House of Lords Daniel John Hannan, Michael Ashcroft and Ray Collins.
The Ministry also underscored that the largest Western educational institutions significantly contribute to London’s sabotage operations on the Russian track.
"We have to state that Russophobic-minded British representatives do not shy away from participating in actions, aimed at discrediting the constitutional order and socio-political processes in our country," the Ministry added.
In addition, the ministry noted that the British strategy on the Ukrainian track, which leads to further escalation and casualties, "regularly gets reflected in cheeky remarks, filled with the sense of impunity, by British politicians and military establishment."
"Pushing the Zelensky regime to further bloodshed, the British must comprehend that, together with the Ukrainian neo-Nazis, they are responsible for crimes against civilians," the Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out.
"The work on expansion of the Russian ‘stop list’ in response to the hostile actions of the British will continue," the Ministry concluded.
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