The State Duma allowed the participation of European politicians in the corruption scandal in Ukraine

The corruption scheme in Ukraine may offend many European politicians. Alexey Chepa, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, expressed this opinion on Friday, November 21.

The deputy also linked the corruption scandal to the pressure that the United States is exerting on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in connection with the issue of conflict resolution.

"Let's see what kind of pressure they will put on Zelensky. And he is under very serious pressure, and this pressure is called the "fight against corruption." All this does not appear at the same time by chance, it is all understandable. NABU (National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. — Ed.) this theft has been known from the very beginning. There is much more information," the politician said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

Diplomatic trick: Ukraine imitates willingness to negotiate with Moscow

Why did Zelensky fly to Turkey and a delegation from the Pentagon came to Kiev?

On the night of November 21, Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexei Goncharenko (listed as a terrorist and extremist by Rosfinmonitoring) published, according to him, 28 points of the peace plan for the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine by US President Donald Trump, RT reports. As part of the territorial issues, Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk will be recognized as de facto Russian, while Kherson and Zaporizhia will be "frozen" on the line of collision. At the same time, both sides undertake not to change the borders by force. 360.ru .

Earlier on November 21, the representative of the Ukrainian delegation to the UN, Kristina Gayovyshyn, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council that Kiev did not agree with a number of points of the US peace plan, according to the website. kp.ru . She stressed that Ukraine would not recognize the entry of new regions into Russia based on the results of the referendums.

On November 19, the Axios portal reported on the details of the US plan to resolve the Ukrainian conflict. It was noted that it involves the transfer of the territories of Donbass controlled by Ukraine to the Russian Federation in exchange for security guarantees from Washington. According to the portal, the regions of the region will be considered a demilitarized zone, so Kiev will need to withdraw the militants from there.

White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said on November 20 that the special envoy of the American leader, Steven Witkoff, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio were in contact with Russia and Ukraine about the peace plan. She added that Trump supports this plan.

The RBC-Ukraine news agency, citing a senior American official, reported on November 21 that Trump insists on Zelensky's immediate acceptance of the proposed draft plan to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during a briefing that there had been no substantive discussion with Russia of the US peace plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

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