OP-ED

Vladimir Socor: Zelensky appoints gerontocrats to negotiate with Russia in Minsk (Part 2)

By Vladimir Socor.

Published Aug. 12, 2020. Updated Aug. 12 at 5:59 am

This handout picture, released by the press service of the Ukrainian Presidential Office on July 8, 2020 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his trip to Chernivetska Oblast.

Photo by president.gov.ua

Find Part One here.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the head of his Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, have chosen former president Leonid Kravchuk (86) to head the country’s delegation to the Minsk Contact Group as well as former prime minister Vitold Fokin (88) to join as a member of the negotiating team.