On
September 6th, Ukraine’s Apostrophe news-site headlined, «Putin will
try to return the Donbass to the Ukraine - Gerashchenko», and quoted a
prominent member of Ukraine’s parliament who is also a member of the
committee overseeing Ukraine’s national security, Anton Gerashchenko, as
saying that for Ukraine to re-absorb the breakaway region, Donbass (its
two districts Donetsk and Lugansk), back into Ukraine, would be
politically disastrous, unless the residents there are eliminated: he
said, «Putin will do everything to return the Donbass to the Ukraine …
in order to allow pro-Russian inhabitants of Donetsk and Lugansk regions
to vote and change the configuration of power in our country». He
didn’t want them to be able to vote in Ukraine’s national elections.
September 6th, Ukraine’s Apostrophe news-site headlined, «Putin will
try to return the Donbass to the Ukraine - Gerashchenko», and quoted a
prominent member of Ukraine’s parliament who is also a member of the
committee overseeing Ukraine’s national security, Anton Gerashchenko, as
saying that for Ukraine to re-absorb the breakaway region, Donbass (its
two districts Donetsk and Lugansk), back into Ukraine, would be
politically disastrous, unless the residents there are eliminated: he
said, «Putin will do everything to return the Donbass to the Ukraine …
in order to allow pro-Russian inhabitants of Donetsk and Lugansk regions
to vote and change the configuration of power in our country». He
didn’t want them to be able to vote in Ukraine’s national elections.
This influential Ukrainian government official said:
Putin has thrown all his energy into splitting Ukraine from the inside. First of all, the split of the Verkhovna Rada [parliament] to conduct new parliamentary elections. As soon as he sees that these plans are real [i.e., that Donbass will again be voting in Ukrainian national elections], he is sure to try to return the Donbass to the Ukraine, the residents there will be able to participate in them [Ukraine’s elections]. Due to the fact that the voters of Crimea and Donbas did not participate in last year's parliamentary [and Presidential] elections,
the structure of government in Ukraine has changed dramatically. The
majority in Parliament has been owned by pro-European forces [the U.S.-installed government]. But if voters in Donbass again have the opportunity to vote [in Ukraine],
it is clear that they will support pro-Russian politicians. This can
seriously change the balance of power in the country. Therefore, once
again I repeat, if Putin really feels that Ukraine could split from the
inside and hold early parliamentary elections, he will do everything he
can in order to restore to us Donbass.
the structure of government in Ukraine has changed dramatically. The
majority in Parliament has been owned by pro-European forces [the U.S.-installed government]. But if voters in Donbass again have the opportunity to vote [in Ukraine],
it is clear that they will support pro-Russian politicians. This can
seriously change the balance of power in the country. Therefore, once
again I repeat, if Putin really feels that Ukraine could split from the
inside and hold early parliamentary elections, he will do everything he
can in order to restore to us Donbass.
