{"id":1062871,"date":"2021-11-28T19:45:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T00:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062871"},"modified":"2021-11-28T19:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T00:45:34","slug":"ukraines-zelensky-accuses-russia-of-preparing-a-coup-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-zelensky-accuses-russia-of-preparing-a-coup-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#039;s Zelensky Accuses Russia of Preparing a Coup Against Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraines-zelensky-accuses-russia-of-preparing-a-coup-against-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1233447259-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/3357981-audio-intercepts-suggest-energy-mogul-akhmetov-being-drawn-into-coup-plot-zelensky.html\">told<\/a> reporters on Friday he recently received intelligence that Russian-backed actors are planning a \u201ccoup d\u2019etat in Ukraine\u201d to overthrow his presidency, according to the state-owned Ukrinform news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky told reporters on November 26 that Ukrainian security services had briefed him about an alleged attempt to topple Ukraine\u2019s government starting on December 1. He said Kyiv had both intelligence and audio intercepts proving the efforts to plan a coup in Ukraine. President Zelensky detailed the intercepted plan during an in-person news conference in Kyiv on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI received information that on the 1st (of December) there will be a coup d\u2019etat in our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is important information, December 1-2 \u2026 it\u2019s not only intelligence that we have, it\u2019s also audio intercepts, where representatives of Ukraine, so to speak, discuss with representatives of Russia Rinat Akhmetov\u2019s participation in the coup in Ukraine,\u201d the leader revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey suggest a billion dollars will be allocated, and so on. I believe that this is a setup targeting businessman Rinat Akhmetov,\u201d the president opined.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rinat Akhmetov is a Ukrainian industrialist with an estimated net worth of&nbsp;$10.9 billion.&nbsp;Akhmetov&nbsp;currently enjoys a ranking of 216 on&nbsp;Bloomberg\u2019s Billionaires Index, which is&nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/\">list<\/a> of the world\u2019s 500 richest people updated daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRinat Akhmetov\u2019s holding company, System Capital Management, oversees his stakes in a variety of mostly industrial businesses,\u201d according to <em>Forbes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe owns a stake of mining and steel firm Metinvest Group, one of the largest private companies in Ukraine,\u201d the U.S. business magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/rinat-akhmetov\/?sh=778d591124fa\">details<\/a> of Akhmetov.<\/p>\n<p>The tycoon is likewise \u201cinvested in energy through DTEK, a firm with coal mines, thermal power generation and Ukraine\u2019s largest wind farm,\u201d according to the publication. In addition, Akhmetov \u201cowns companies in telecom, engineering, finance, real estate, transportation and retail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Forbes<\/em> describes Akhmetov as the \u201cson of a coal miner\u201d who got his start in business by \u201cbuying up mining assets during the 1990s privatization era in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ukraine became an independent state in 1991 upon the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), of which Ukraine was a member. Ukraine\u2019s government has, in recent years, \u201csought to decrease the influence of oligarchs, who gained control of state assets and seized much of the former Soviet republic\u2019s wealth after it gained independence in 1991,\u201d the <em>Wall Street Journal (<\/em><em>WSJ)<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukraine-president-says-russia-is-backing-a-planned-coup-11637937530\">noted<\/a> on November 26.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky\u2019s administration has spearheaded this effort to wrest power from Ukrainian oligarchs since he was elected Ukraine\u2019s top leader in May 2019, according to <em>WSJ<\/em>. The reform attempt has caused \u201crocky relations\u201d between Zelensky and&nbsp;Akhmetov, the business-focused U.S. newspaper observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Zelensky said he invited Mr. Akhmetov, a coal, steel and media magnate, to meet and be briefed on the matter, but the Ukrainian president declined to reveal further details to reporters,\u201d <em>WSJ<\/em> noted on November 26, referring to the alleged coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Akhmetov\u2019s spokespeople didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment on the allegations made against him by Mr. Zelensky,\u201d the publication added.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1366885\">told<\/a> reporters on November 26 Russia \u201chas never nurtured any plans to participate in the plotting of a state coup in Ukraine as claimed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia has never had any plans to take part. Russia generally never engages in such matters,\u201d Peskov said at a regular press conference on Friday, as quoted by TASS, a Russian state-owned news agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Friday he recently received intelligence that Russian-backed actors are planning a \u201ccoup d\u2019etat in Ukraine\u201d to overthrow his presidency, according to the state-owned &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}