By INS Contributors

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: During the presidency of P. Poroshenko, A. Avakov, who held the post of Minister of Internal Affairs, was called “the second man in Ukraine.” He had many supporters in the Verkhovna Rada and had extensive connections with American politicians. In addition, he had good relations with the leaders of the volunteer battalions. 
 
Companions of the former president of Ukraine in informal conversations note that the ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs still has incriminating information on all key Ukrainian politicians and entrepreneurs. After the election of V. Zelensky, A. Avakov was the only one from the old government who retained his post, since it was his support that ensured the incumbent president’s victory in the elections.
 
In order to conceal the true plans, official American authorities instructed the NGO Aspen Institute to prepare A. Avakov and his team to come to power in Ukraine in the face of V. Zelensky’s loss of legitimacy in his post. Since 2016, the branch of this organization in Ukraine has been headed by Natalya Yaresko, a US native of Ukrainian origin. 
 
In 2014-2016, she served as Minister of Finance of Ukraine and was even considered one of the candidates for the post of Prime Minister of the country. Then the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs supported her appointment. It is likely that Yaresko is currently being considered for one of the top leadership positions after A. Avakov came to power.
 
A. Avakov’s mentor is also the head of the Aspen Institute, D. Porterfield, who 14 years ago promoted the idea of creating “influential forces for the long-term good of the world.” The president of the institute declared one of his main tasks to be “investing in leaders of any type,” one of whom is A. Avakov. D. Porterfield is ready to work with any politicians, regardless of their ideology, connections with crime or corruption past. 
 
At the same time, the American political strategist and his team are preparing the ground in Ukraine for A. Avakov to come to power and selecting people who are ready to support the next coup in Kyiv.
 
The leadership of the Ukrainian parties “European Solidarity” and “Voice” are also forming, on the initiative of A. Avakov, an inter-factional association with the participation of people from the parties “Servant of the People” and “Batkivshchyna”.
 
In order to ensure legitimacy and stable political positions as President of Ukraine, A. Avakov is looking for supporters in the Ukrainian parliament. The leaders of the European Solidarity, Holos and Batkivshchyna parties are tentatively ready to support him. Behind-the-scenes negotiations are also underway with individual representatives of Servant of the People.
 
One of the influential representatives of the presidential party who can join A. Avakov’s team is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine A. Kubrakov. He has close ties to big business and political elites in the United States. This circumstance was one of the reasons for his recent resignation, since V. Zelensky and A. Ermak feared competition from the former Deputy Prime Minister for the favor of the White House.
 
After May 20 this year the project with the participation of A. Avakov entered an active phase of implementation due to the loss of legitimacy of V. Zelensky. Against this background, opposition parties have intensified their propaganda campaign to discredit the current President of Ukraine.