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Former spokesperson for Volodymyr Zelensky, Yulia Mendel, gave a new interview in which she criticized the president of Ukraine. In an interview with the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche Mendel called Zelensky “the main beneficiary of this war.” She published the translation of the interview on her Facebook.
In it, Mendel stated that for two years she was “one of the most devoted propagandists” of the president. But after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion her attitude toward Zelensky changed since June 2022 year. Mendel blamed Zelensky for narcissism, corruption, and autocracy. She also stated that he remains in power only thanks to the war. Mendel also rejected accusations of pro-Russia stance.
- That’s the easiest argument. No intelligence agency in the world can prove such a thing, because there is nothing: it is much easier than analyzing the depth of this war, — she said.
Ukrainian MP, the first deputy head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Motovilovets became one of those who commented on Mendel’s post. In it, he addressed her husband, former first deputy minister of economy of Ukraine Pavlo Kuhta.
- Pavlo Kuhta should write a book titled “The Art of Choosing a Wife,” — joked the MP.
Journalist Kristina Berdinsky, who collaborates with foreign outlets, noted in her post about Mendel’s new interview that she gave it to the outlet for which former head of the French branch of Russia Today, Ksenia Fedorova, previously wrote columns. Last week the French Ministry of the Interior issued an order to leave the country for Fedorova.
After RT was banned in France, Fedorova remained there and began to appear regularly on the CNews channel, on the Europe 1 radio and to publish in Le Journal du Dimanche. All these media are owned by the group of a single magnate, conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
- And right now, in the midst of the scandal, while France is buzzing about the possible deportation of Fedorova, on the pages of the publication that has regularly published the mouthpiece of Russian propaganda, an exclusive interview appears—guess with whom? Mendel. Of course everything has been said and written about her, but how obvious it is that she is creeping into a pro-Russian niche, — Berdinsky said.
11 in May, the first press secretary of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Yulia Mendel, gave a resonant interview to American conservative journalist Tucker Carlson.
24 in July Zelensky for the first time commented on Mendel’s interview for Tucker Carlson. In a conversation with MAGA blogger Laura Loomer, the president called them “crazy people” and denied using cocaine.
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