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Ukrainian businessman and politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who many believe is Vladimir Putin’s political operative in Ukraine, does not consider Russia an aggressor state in relation to Ukraine.

“The conflict in Donbas is a conflict between the people who did not agree with the arrival of the new government and with the politicians from the new government,” Medvedchuk said in an interview with Deutsche Welle, published April 18.

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