President Zelensky announced the upcoming coup in Ukraine on December 1, 2021 
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defends himself from the negativity that has fallen on him recently, and tries to show the “uncompromising struggle against the oligarchs” from the presidential office. Vyacheslav Chechilo, a political scientist and editor-in-chief of Capital.ua, said this in a conversation with Lenta.ru.
“To demonize businessman Rinat Akhmetov, to drag Russian influence here, in such conditions is a logical move,” he believes expert.
The executive director of the international monitoring organization CIS-EMO Stanislav Byshok, in turn, believes that the situation is deliberately inflated by the media, making a big sensation from Zelensky's statement, although in fact his words were part of a long speech about the severity of the president's everyday life. Byshok is sure that coups d'etat are not beneficial to any political force in Ukraine, since they can overthrow the current government through elections.
Chechilo also agrees with this position. However, he clarifies that Zelenskiy really believes in what he says. Chechilo suggested that the president's entourage could have brought him some tapes of “drunken conversations” and convinced him that a coup d'etat was being prepared.
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Vyacheslav Chechilo Political scientist and editor-in-chief of Capital.ua edition The Kremlin responded to Zelensky's accusationsRussia has no plans to stage a coup d'état in Ukraine, said the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. “Russia had no plans to take part. And Russia never deals with such matters at all, “said a Kremlin official in response to Zelensky's words.
Executive Director of the CIS-EMO International Monitoring Organization Stanislav Byshok, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, stressed that There is a consensus in Kiev that Russia is the only country interested in destabilizing the situation in Ukraine, since it has no conflicts with other neighbors. Because of this, there is a connection between Akhmetov and Russia, in addition, the figure of the Ukrainian oligarch is connected with Moscow in the public consciousness.
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Zelensky's statement on the preparation of a coup d'etat hit Akhmetov's business. Quotations of Eurobonds of DTEK, the largest private vertically integrated energy company in Ukraine, fell 11 percent, according to the Telegram channel Klymenko Time.
Political scientist Vyacheslav Chechilo believes that the situation between Zelensky and Akhmetov will definitely escalate. He assumes that Zelensky is ready to go to the end, right up to the nationalization of Akhmetov's energy assets, and he, in turn, will try to defend himself by activating media resources and loyal politicians.
Zelensky spoke about billions of dollars for an attempted coup
According to Zelensky , Akhmetov is allocating billions of dollars to prepare for the coup. “Today there is information that Rinat Akhmetov is ready to take part in the change of the president in our country. We have audio information where representatives of Russia and Rinat Akhmetov are discussing the coup in Ukraine. I believe that this is a set-up of Rinat Akhmetov, “Zelensky said during a press conference broadcast by the 112 Ukraine channel.
Zelensky clarified that, according to him, Akhmetov himself is not preparing a coup d'etat, but he is being drawn into this by “some representatives of Russia and some comrades from Ukraine.” He added that he would not flee the country anywhere. “I’m not [Viktor] Yanukovych, I’m not going to run anywhere, and I’m not [Petro] Poroshenko — I won’t climb out onto a bulldozer. I will wait for everyone these days and will be happy to work at Bankova, ”the politician summed up.