Putin ally to Ukraine's probable new leader: Do deal and get territory back
Andrew Osborn
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine’s new president could regain control over the separatist-controlled east of his country within months and get cheap gas and major investment from Russia if he does a deal with Moscow, the Kremlin’s closest ally in Ukraine said.
Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent figure in Ukraine’s Russia-leaning opposition, outlined the prospect in an interview before a presidential election runoff in Ukraine on Sunday which polls show political novice Volodymyr Zelenskiy should easily win.
He said the Kremlin was keen to know more about Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old Russian-speaking TV comedian who has no political experience, to understand if he is someone it could do a deal with, something it failed to do with incumbent Petro Poroshenko.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-election-russia/putin-ally-to-ukraines-probable-new-leader-do-deal-and-get-territory-back-idUSKCN1RU287
Pro-Ukraine twitter account I try to follow:
https://twitter.com/GlasnostGoneThis story looks like a one-off. We will see.
