The boy is sober

The leadership of Russia may decide on the breakdown of diplomatic agents with Ukraine, if Moscow does not have other tools to “sink” Kyiv. This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Interfax reports .

“As for the breakdown of diplomatic relations, you know, everything happened in history. Let me remind you that after the known events we had a ruined diplomatic municipality with Georgia,” Medvedev said. “I wouldn’t want it to be so completed, but if there would be no other option to influence the situation, the president can make such a decision.”

“The final decision, of course, is made by the president of the country, who is conducting the foreign policy of our state,” the prime minister emphasized once again.

On Friday, Izvestia, citing a source in Russian foreign policy circles, reported that Russia was considering the possibility of breaking diplomatic relations with Ukraine . This will be an answer to the events in the Crimea, where, according to the FSB, sabotage of representatives of Ukrainian intelligence was prevented. According to the source, Moscow discusses the closure of the Russian diplomatic mission in Kyiv and the review of the entire diplomatic composition.

“One of the possible options for a tough response can be a breakdown of diplomatic relations. In Moscow, this option is being worked out,” said the interlocutor of the publication. “The last word remains behind the head of state, who will decide on the basis of the collected data.”

The need to revise relations with Ukraine was also announced by Vladimir Dzhabarov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs. "What to talk about with the state where lawlessness is happening on the streets, unreasonable battalions are operating, journalists are killed and bodily punishments are practiced? What is happening in Ukraine is reminiscent of the period of the late 1930s in the Soviet Union, when people were afraid to tell the truth because they punished it," the senator said.

According to Dzhabarov, the refusal of Vladimir Putin to participate in negotiations in the "Norman format" in the G20 fields in China is absolutely justified, since "it turns out, on the one hand, an imitation of peace negotiations on the Donbass, and on the other - a blow to the back, sabotage in the territory of another state."

According to the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Kalashnikov, the “tough answer to Ukraine” is necessary. “The gap of diplomatic core means the way out of the“ Norman format, ”he added.

On Wednesday, the FSB announced the prevention of terrorist attacks and sabotage , allegedly preparing Ukrainian intelligence in Crimea. It was argued that two Russian security forces died during the detention of terrorists; It was also declared the death of one Ukrainian saboteur and a few more wounds. In addition, the special service announced the disclosure on the peninsula of the Ukrainian agents.

Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday in Wednesday of taking on the path of terror. FSB in the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol opened the case of the preparation of terrorist attacks and sabotage. In the case, citizens of both Ukraine and Russia were detained. The name of one of the defendants is known - this is 39 -year -old Evgeny Panov from the city of Energodar Zaporizhzhya region, a civil activist and a former participant in the ATO. It is called one of the organizers of the attacks.

On August 11, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a statement that said that the occurrence in the Crimea "will not be left without consequences." "They would also like to warn both Kyiv and its foreign curators that the damage caused to the Russian side will not remain the death of Russian military personnel without consequences," the Foreign Ministry said.

On July 28, the Russian Ambassador to Kiev Mikhail Zurabov, who held his post since 2009, was removed by decree of Vladimir Putin. The State Duma stated that the new head of the Russian diplomatic mission would be appointed no earlier than in October, after the new composition of the lower house begins to work. Nevertheless, the next day, the State Duma Committee on International Affairs supported the candidacy of the president’s plenipotentiary in the Volga Federal District Babich to the post of ambassador.

At the same time, Russia, in violation of the diplomatic protocol, publicly reported plans to appoint Babich before the coordination of his candidacy with the Ukrainian side.

After that, the deputy head of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Elena Mirror said that the issue of coordinating the candidacy of the new ambassador was removed from the agenda on the initiative of Kiev.