Russian and pro -Russian media spent the information that the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region allegedly began to establish international contacts. These contacts will not be disclosed in order to «avoid political persecution,» Russia media reports citing the collaborator Vladimir Rogov.
Zaporizhzhia region has began to establish international contacts, a member of the main council of the region Vladimir Rogov told RIA Novosti. «We began to establish international contacts. We receive proposals from deputies of parliaments in Germany, Spain, France, Greece, at least one and a half dozen countries that are worried about us and support us,» he said. Rogov noted that they would not publicly disclose the names of the interlocutors in order to avoid the political persecution of these people in their countries. «No matter how long the USA and Britain — the hegemons of the Western world — try to drive everyone into the stall and deprive all their own opinions, the truth is becoming increasingly frequent,» a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporizhzhia region emphasized.
The region began to establish international contacts, a member of the main council of the Zaporizhzhia region administration, Vladimir Rogov said, RIA Novosti informs. «We began to establish international contacts. We receive proposals from deputies of parliaments in Germany, Spain, France, Greece,» he said. «At least one and a half dozen countries that are worried about us and support us.» Representative of the Zaporizhzhya region administration, Vladimir Rogov stated that the region could ask Russia for help with a referendum, the Public News Service previously wrote.
In fact
There is no any international contacts. The world community does not recognize either the occupied Crimea or other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as the territory of the Russian Federation or independent republics. In addition, the collaborator Vladimir Rogov, quoted by the Russian media, is under European sanctions due to the threat of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. He is not a representative of the official authorities of the country, and therefore does not have any authority.
The EU leaders have repeatedly demanded that Russia immediately cease its military operations, unconditionally withdrawn all the forces and military equipment from Ukraine and fully respected its territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence. In response to the criminal actions of Russia, the European Union countries have imposed and continue to impose sanctions, including economic, diplomatic measures and individual towards persons among the occupation authorities in Ukraine. «The EU strongly condemns Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on the civilian population and civil infrastructure and calls on Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its troops and military equipment from all over Ukraine within its international boundaries,» the Council of Europe said, having adopted a new package of sanctions at the end July 2022.
None of the European countries have declared readiness to cooperate with temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine. Moreover, the EU imposes sanctions against those who cooperate with Russia and is a collaborator of the occupation authorities. The Zaporizhzhia collaborator Vladimir Rogov even has tried to use the fact of being sanctioned to create a manipulation on the «recognition» of Zaporizhzhia part of the Russian Federation. «In the EU they are questioning my belonging to the military-civil administration, but the administration itself is not a question, so they supposedly recognize its legitimacy and full Russia control over the territory of the Zaporizhzhia region,» he writes. But this is not true. Rogov, like others, was listed in the new sanctions package for «support or implementation of actions or policy that undermine or threaten territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, stability or security in Ukraine». Thus, any agreements or international contacts with sanctioned collaborationist authority is out of the question.