Thursday, June 11, 2015

“The governor of the Donetsk region was too peace-loving” – Kommersant

Donetsk Oblast Governor Alexander Kikhtenko dismissed by the decree of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. This dismissal – a move towards the escalation of the conflict in the south-east of the country, fear the interlocutors “Kommersant FM”.

Poroshenko sacked the governor of the Donetsk region Alexander Kikhtenko. Told Adviser to the Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Briginets on your page to Facebook. According to him, Alexander Kikhtenko was a supporter of cooperation with the “occupied part of Donbass”. Local officials are shocked resignation, written by Alexander Briginets. According to him, the new governor of the Donetsk region will be the head of the Anti-Corruption General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine Pavlo Zhebrivskyi. This information is not officially confirmed. Kikhtenko was appointed during active hostilities, the situation is now different, and therefore need a new governor, noted correspondent ID “Kommersant” in Kiev Yanina Sokolovska.

“Report Alexander Briginets this is not only an advisor, he is also a deputy of the previous convocation, the journalist, who fairly quickly and competently owns the information. Therefore, what he says, it is difficult not to trust. Mr. Kikhtenko – a professional soldier, who was appointed to a military Donetsk period and which had razrulit, as expressed by the Ukrainian authorities, the situation in the region “- said Sokolovsky on air” Kommersant FM “.

Dismissal Kikhtenko that his forces tried to normalize relations a self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic says about the possible resumption of full-scale hostilities, political scientist Paul Svyatenkov sure.

“Poroshenko is the case for military conflict and break the Minsk Agreement, and the decision – it just one small move in this direction, because obviously the current Kiev authorities are betting on a military solution to the conflict, and the governor of the Donetsk region proved too peaceful for the current Ukrainian authorities. Position partly ceremonial, because part of the Donetsk region is controlled by Donetsk People’s Republic, but it is clear that those claims are important to Poroshenko showed a retired governor, “- said Svyatenkov.

Governor Kikhtenko allowed himself to express his own opinion on the issue of relations with the so-called DNR, even though the powers it had, the director of the research center of social processes “Expert” Vyacheslav Kovtun.

“I do not I think that this is some unexpected solution. It was said a few months. And claims that were voiced, quite obvious and understandable. Therefore, it is planned rotation. The head of the regional administration has no power to conduct political negotiations. He expressed his opinion about the need to establish some kind of economic cooperation, but it is his personal opinion. And it can be regarded as one of the reasons, “- said Mr Kovtun.

Last week, Petro Poroshenko told reporters that he is not satisfied with the situation in parts of the fortifications of the Donetsk region, controlled Kiev. Ukraine’s President has promised that “where the answers Kikhtenko – their responsibility for it, he will suffer”.

Nikita Sokolov


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