Quote: “Vladimir Vladimirovich [Russian leader Vladimir Putin – ed.] is absolutely right: indeed, I worked purposefully to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union. Ultimately, my goal was Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Another point is that our partners on the EU side sometimes behaved, to put it mildly, improperly during the negotiations. They showed no understanding of the difficult economic situation and displayed arrogance. But I oversaw and advanced the process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU.”

So they dug him out to make a sloppy jab at EU implying it’s their fault or/and lack of enthusiasm back then, only to project it onto current situation to show EU weak and unfriendly now and demoralize the observer. I mean, eurointegration was the cornerstone of the 2014 protests and you then escaped to Russia, still reside there, give such interviews lol. It’s probably some favor to give him publicity at last, because even by the low standards of propaganda that looks like reusing and patching a condom.