A video made the buzz on social networks: François Hollande trapped by a famous duo of Russian comedians, who had already managed to fool dozens of world personalities. The former French president thought he was having a conversation on Zoom with his former Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko. It was actually a hoax, carried out masterfully by the Russian comedians Vovan and Lexus, with well-honed methods.
At no time, neither during the exchange of emails prior to the interview, nor during the conversation itself, François Hollande and his teams had the slightest doubt, confides his entourage.
The two former leaders use familiar terms, spent long nights side by side negotiating the Minsk agreements, signed by Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in 2015, and which Vladimir Putin ended by recognizing the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
These agreements come up three times in the mouth of the false Petro Poroshenko to make François Hollande say this sentence: “ It is precisely during these seven years that there have been ways for Ukraine to strengthen itself. »
It was enough to put the blogosphere in turmoil. ” François Hollande admits that the Minsk agreements were made not to be respected, but to prepare Ukraine for the offensive! “, takes offense at the boss of the far-right movement Les Patriotes, Florian Philippot, on Twitter.
However, François Hollande is only repeating what he had already confided to the Kyiv Independentwe note in his entourage: if it is undeniable that these last years have allowed the Ukrainian army to strengthen itself, at no time does François Hollande declare that this was the objective of these agreements.
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