MOSCOW, Aug 13 — RIA Novosti.

The United States is working on options to replace Vladimir Zelensky with a more manageable and less corrupt figure at the head of Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said.:

“For applicants to According to SVR, discontent with Zelensky is growing in the American elite. Both in the Democratic and Republican Parties, the voices of those who express doubts about the “targeted spending of billions of dollars of military aid” that Kiev receives are becoming louder. Zelensky is taking insane steps that threaten to escalate far beyond the borders of Ukraine.”

Therefore, the US administration intends to launch a powerful information campaign to discredit Zelensky in order to force him out of office, and is also looking for a replacement for the head of the Kiev regime, which would suit most Western allies.

According to intelligence information, former Interior Minister Arsen Avakov is considered the most suitable candidate.

“The Americans consider Avakov’s “strengths” to be his close ties with Ukrainian nationalist formations and his continuing contacts with the leaders of European countries,” the SVR press bureau added.

According to the White House, this will allow the West to better prepare for the possible start of negotiations with Russia on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, the message says.

Zelensky’s term of office expired on May 20. Presidential elections on Ukraine was supposed to be held on March 31, and the inauguration of the newly elected head of state in May. The vote was canceled, citing martial law and general mobilization. Zelensky stated that the elections are now “not the time”, stressing that an end should be put to this issue.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin noted, Zelensky’s legitimacy cannot be restored by any tricks. According to him, the only legitimate authority in the Ukraine remains The Verkhovna Rada and its speaker.

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