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The verdict of Kiev not to appoint Ambassador to Russia expose internal political problems in Ukraine

Kiev's refusal to appoint an ambassador to Russia confirmed Ukraine's unwillingness to cooperate, and also pointed out the internal political problems of the country, I told FBA “economy today” Associate Professor of European Law MGIMO Nikolai Topornin.

The verdict of Kiev not to appoint Ambassador to Russia expose internal political problems in Ukraine

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced its decision not to respond to the statement by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov by appointing an ambassador to Russia. This was informed by "Ukrainian News" with reference to an official document.

Now the Ukrainian side is coordinating the candidacies of ambassadors in 13 countries, however, Russia is not on this list. As follows from the response of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to a request from journalists, Kiev, in principle, is not going to return the ambassador to Moscow.

“This decision only says, that in bilateral relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation there is no turning towards positive development, and also indicates the absence of new points of contact.

Just today, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said, that Ukraine has fulfilled only one agreement following the December summit 2019 of the year. Therefore, Russia doubts the holding of a new meeting of the leaders of the countries in the "Normandy format" to resolve the conflict in Donbass in April 2020 of the year", - Nikolai Topornin commented on the statement of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

The verdict of Kiev not to appoint Ambassador to Russia expose internal political problems in Ukraine

Recall, that in March 2014 of the year, the Ukrainian side recalled its ambassador to Russia Vladimir Yelchenko. Therefore, now the diplomatic mission is headed by Charge d'Affaires of Ukraine in Russia Ruslan Nimchinsky.

Russian Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov, in its turn, was recalled from Kiev in February 2014 of the year, and in July 2016 year the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin dismissed him from the post of ambassador to Ukraine. From November 2016 the Russian diplomatic mission in Kiev is headed by Charge d'Affaires in Ukraine Alexander Lukashik.

Ukraine "disrupts" the meeting of the "Normandy four"

note, that earlier the leaders of the Normandy format countries at the summit in December 2019 agreed on the possibility of holding a new meeting in April 2020 years with certain steps by Kiev to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

According to the agreements, Ukraine had to resolve the situation on three new sections of the contact line, open new checkpoints, exchange detainees, fix the Steinmeier formula in Ukrainian legislation, agree on the legal aspects of the special status of Donbass in order to ensure its operation on an ongoing basis.

The verdict of Kiev not to appoint Ambassador to Russia expose internal political problems in Ukraine

"Kiev took part only in the exchange. This was confirmed by the Russian Foreign Ministry., concluding that, that the chances of the implementation of the agreements reached by the Ukrainian side are close to zero. In other words, Kiev is not endowed with a positive impulse to change a long-standing difficult situation ", - I explained the expert.

Besides, Topornin stressed, that the absence of ambassadors in the territories of both sides, will not affect the implementation of agreements by Kiev, how polished contacts at the highest level of countries could do it.

“The appointment or non-appointment of ambassadors does not change the situation. But such a decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is a certain sign or marker, indicating tensions between Kiev and Moscow. If Ukraine is not going to appoint an ambassador to Russia, so, she is not ready to reconsider her views on bilateral cooperation ", - stated the expert.

Domestic political problems: what is happening in Kiev

Relations between Russia and Ukraine are not developing in any direction - this is alarming, Nikolai Topornin believes. But, likely, this behavior of Kiev is associated with internal political problems.

Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky replaced the head of the office of President Andriy Bogdan. By decrees, the head of state transferred Andrei Yermak from the post of adviser to the president.

The verdict of Kiev not to appoint Ambassador to Russia expose internal political problems in Ukraine

Recall, that Andriy Bogdan headed the office of the Ukrainian president the day after the inauguration, which took place in May 2019 of the year. Later, in August 2019 of the year, Vladimir Zelensky said, that Bogdan and the president's entourage wrote a letter of resignation.

“Zelensky's policy does not imply harsh rhetoric, which Petro Poroshenko had, as well as effective "flirting" with the European Union or the United States of America. maybe, Zelensky, together with the head of his office, will focus on internal political differences, which often become the basis for scandals within the state administration, where there is no cohesive presidential team.

the, what the current head of Ukraine is doing is forced progress in the search for allies, which he doesn't actually have. Now the country's economy is in a terrible and alarming state - the main problem, which worries Vladimir Zelensky and, which, he's trying desperately to decide ", - summed up Topornin.

Alexander Melnik

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