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Who is Yevhen Murayev?: The UK claims that Russia wants to impose this ex-MP as a puppet leader in Ukraine. He says that’s nonsense.
"The Russian Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine," the UK Foreign Office said in a statement released on Saturday, January 22. The British authorities pointed to former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevhen Murayev as a "potential candidate," while also claiming to "have information that the Russian intelligence services maintain links with numerous former Ukrainian politicians." Commenting on this information, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab warned that there would be serious consequences should Russia try and invade Ukraine and install a puppet government. However, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to comment on the British intelligence report. In turn, Yevhen Murayev himself vehemently dismissed the allegations as "nonsense and stupidity." Meduza examines what is known about Murayev and the other former Ukrainian politicians the UK Foreign Office named.
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By Nikolai Priser"The Russian Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine," the UK Foreign Office said in a statement released on Saturday, January 22. The British authorities pointed to former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevhen Murayev as a "potential candidate," while also claiming to "have information that the Russian intelligence services maintain links with numerous former Ukrainian politicians." Commenting on this information, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab warned that there would be serious consequences should Russia try and invade Ukraine and install a puppet government. However, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to comment on the British intelligence report. In turn, Yevhen Murayev himself vehemently dismissed the allegations as "nonsense and stupidity." Meduza examines what is known about Murayev and the other former Ukrainian politicians the UK Foreign Office named.