The annexation of the Crimea was for Russia a gross mistake that led to serious consequences, and which must be corrected. About it in interview “Censor.NO,” said the former Deputy of the state Duma Denis Voronenkov, who moved to live in Kyiv, while receiving Ukrainian citizenship.
“I believe that the past wars of conquest ended in the XIX century, when other countries have seized the territory and drained their resources. Russia seized the Crimea, started to pump there a lot of money. Resources are siphoned off to the detriment of other native Russian regions… Now all Russia deprived to the detriment of Crimea. The consequences for the country, they do not give the opportunity to develop. Committing aggression against Ukraine, Russia has quarreled with the whole world community, it was made even in violation of the Federal Russian law on the referendum. Russia is now under sanctions, rising anti-Russian sentiment in the world, stopped investment, access to Western credit resources”, — he said.
Ex-Deputy claims that did not vote for the annexation of the Peninsula — voted for him card. “The decision of the Communist party faction to vote for the annexation of Crimea, and the card they voted for me, although the attorney for the vote I gave. Then I saw what serious consequences this vote was brought in, and today I think it is a gross mistake. My mistake, and the mistake of Russia. And this mistake must be corrected,” — said Boronenkov.
According to him, the Crimea became a “litmus test” for Russian society — he has brought Russia around the idea of “something (more obscene phrase meaning “to steal” — approx. ed.) of his neighbor”. “And many of the citizens of Crimea would have acted the same way — they have the same thinking. Came to the Americans in the Crimea, and said: now here is America and the pensions of thousands of dollars, as they would be for America vote,” he said.
Voronenkov also believes the war in the Donbass “great trouble” and the situation in Russia compares to Nazi Germany. “Everybody knew that he (Adolf Hitler — approx. ed.) to destroy the Jews, but continued to work with him for many years, pretending that nothing is happening. The whole state has gone mad in pseudo-Patriotic frenzy”, he said.
The politician stressed that the Ukrainians must be a high level of willpower to win this war. “Otherwise, Ukraine will have to push and break, the Kremlin will not stop. Today’s Russia in any case do not need a successful Ukraine. Only with the change of this power can change something, an Epiphany to come,” he concluded.
All power in Russia is actually develops coordinated small leather goods in the hands of President Vladimir Putin and a separate group of individuals in the FSB, said Boronenkov. According to him, all elections in Russia are rigged “ranging from municipal to Federal.” “For Putin, the state Duma is nothing, complete zero. In the system of separation of powers in Russia it does not have any significance. No Electorales, elections and democracy mean nothing, it’s just technology,” said the ex-Deputy.
According to Boronenkov, FSB actually manages all processes in the Russian state. “A separate group of individuals in this Department usurped power authority on behalf of the state. They alone decide whom to execute and whom to pardon. Now the FSB is completely demoralized and defeated, the Ministry of internal Affairs, Prosecutor General’s office has no Supervisory functions. Everything is controlled by the FSB. And to counter this… I thought that we should try to resist it — alas, I overestimated their capabilities and the scale of the problem,” he explained.
The politician is sure that such things became possible with the permission of the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. “Early Putin was person of another, which delve into all the problems, understood that the government is stable only in the system of checks and balances. Now it is not. Why they already are. And even if it come, it will request the help of the FSB. Russia is now the main document for all businesses — online help of the FSB. Despite the fact that in the criminal procedure code such a document as online help, FSB. Putin is guided by the same principles,” explained Boronenkov. “If he didn’t want to destroy the interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s office, this would not have happened. Would the system of checks — would be at least some balance. In Russia this system is long gone. If you are in conflict with these people, then you’re finished” — said the ex-Deputy.
Boronenkov confirmed that he gave the General Prosecutor of Ukraine evidence in the case of fugitive ex-President Viktor Yanukovych. “Yes, I testified in the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on the case of ex-Ukrainian President Yanukovych, who really betrayed their country, involved in mass killings of people, who fled to another country and called on the troops of another country to destroy his people. I believe that this man was to receive in Russia is not a shelter, and a fair court”, — he said.
The politician refused to reveal the details of the materials of the preliminary investigation, called Yanukovych’s “criminal, betrayed his people, fled and requesting to enter the troops of another country and kill their citizens.” “My firm belief is that all of these words and actions need to be translated into the legal realm. And give them legal assessment. Yanukovych is a puppet. He signed the abdication, and his request to enter the Russian troops was illegal. Initially, this appeal actually wrote the Crimean Aksenov. In Russia everything is a secret, but nothing secret. Then the Kremlin decided who such Aksenov if Yanukovych in Russia. So he writes a letter to the President of the Russian Federation on the introduction of troops”, — he added.
Boronenkov also expressed the belief that the Russian authorities do not care what Yanukovych on trial on charges of treason. “They understand that it may seize on one and a half billion dollars of property. The fight is only for this. The economy determines all policy,” he said.
Denis Boronenkov and his wife, ex-Deputy of the state Duma from “United Russia”, the famous Opera singer Maria Maksakova confirmed that they had received the citizenship of Ukraine and do not intend to return to Russia soon.
