Ukrainian MP Aleksey Goncharenko has openly called on EU lawmakers to support the idea of assassinating Russian President Vladimir Putin and of promoting it among ordinary people. On Friday the legislator published a video on Telegram of himself making controversial statements at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
According to Goncharenko, Kiev could ramp up support for its cause in the West amid a continuing conflict with Moscow by appealing to the most basic and easily understandable urges of people. To do this, Ukraine needs to draw a clear parallel between the Russian leader’s demise and the benefits each and every EU citizen could get from it, he claimed.
“We need to show people why we need to do this,” a member of the European Solidarity faction in Kiev’s parliament can be heard telling the PACE in English. “This is not just our revenge or something. This the best possible investment we can do.”
“We are looking for great investments. The best possible investment in the world today is to kill Putin,” he stated.
It is unclear when Goncharenko made his statements. He currently chairs the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The rows behind him are almost empty with very few delegates apparently present during his speech, the clip he posted on social media shows.
The PACE has not commented on the Ukrainian MP’s statements. Moscow has so far not provided any comment on it either. The lawmaker claimed in a follow-up Telegram post that he’d received “a lot of questions” about his speech on social media, and doubled down on his rhetoric.
“That is, Putin’s death is not only beneficial to us, but it is also beneficial to every German, Frenchman, Hungarian, Pole, Bulgarian. All this will affect their wallets. I think this message is clearer and simpler,” he said.
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