The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the MoD, Kyrylo Budanov, told who the Russians planned to appoint as speaker of the Verkhovna Rada in the event of the occupation of Kyiv.

According to him, it was supposed to be Putin's best man Viktor Medvedchuk.

The head of GUR, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, told about this in an interview with Natalia Moseichuk.

"A person from the SBU should have been appointed to the position of the head of the SBU from Russia (

in the event of the capture of Ukraine - ed.

). The Russians did not have a candidate for the position of speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. They did not have one. Maybe they considered Medvedchuk. It is impossible, but one of them considered Medvedchuk, as at that time still a valid people's deputy. Their problem (Russians - ed.) is that they

wanted to combine incompatible things: formal legitimacy and their desires

. The circle of people who would combine these two concepts is quite limited.

It will be recalled that Ukraine returned the defenders of Mariupol from Russian captivity, among them are soldiers of "Azov".

200 of our heroes were exchanged for Putin's godfather Viktor Medvedchuk, and the commanders of "Azovstal" - for 55 occupiers. 

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