The journalist said this, reacting to the remark of the leading radio station Irina Vorobyova about the “sudden appearance” of Surkov, first in “some very strange podcast”, and then in an interview Financial Times June 18. In an interview with a British newspaper, Putin’s ex-aide, among other things, spoke about Ukraine and admitted the likelihood of a “confederation.”
Venediktov noted that the structure of the current government in the Russian Federation, its methods are, among other things, the work of Surkov.
“Surkov is a very observant person, very subtle. He is a politician. He is, of course, an intriguer, but he is a politician. […] Of course, he considers himself, I know, unjustly thrown out of power. And he was punished for failing to complete, failing to complete the Ukrainian project “Novorossiya”. This was his project, of course. And he constantly explained and promoted it to Putin. Inside the Putin system. He was responsible for this. This must be understood. And he believes that he was treated unfairly. And ahead of schedule. That is, nothing is over yet, “said the chief editor of Echo of Moscow.
In his opinion, Surkov thinks that “maybe his time has returned, they should turn to him.”
“And he reminds of himself. To Putin and those who follow this process. To me, others, that he is the author, architect and builder of this system. […] I think that he expects that he will be taken on the Ukrainian track, because the track has failed, nothing is being decided, “Venediktov added.
Immediately after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the one hand and the Russian army and Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the other. Officially, the Russian Federation does not recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine. According to the UN, during the conflict about 13 thousand people died.
Putin fired Surkov February 18, 2020.
Less than a month before Director of the Russian Center for Current Politics Alexei Chesnakov, who is called close to Surkov’s assistant, said that he leaves the civil service “in connection with the change of course in the Ukrainian direction.”
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