“Kiev has been slow to react to the rebellion and chaos is growing”

Sergey Taruta, the governor of Donetsk, distanced himself from the military operation launched from Kiev to control protests in the region and considers ” the growing chaos ” as the greatest danger. ” I do not run the operation. It is from Kiev. Is no concerted and coordinated with me and did not influence the process, “he says in an interview with El Pais.

The appointment of Taruta, 58, was made last Wednesday afternoon at a hotel because the governor was not official release on April 6, when activists called People’s Republic of Donetsk occupied the Provincial Administration.

Founder and CEO of the Donbas Industrial Union, Taruta has one of the top ten fortunes of Ukraine. In early March, the acting president Alexandr Turchinov appointed him governor of Donetsk. ” I always tried to maintain separation between business and power, but in the situation that the country has come, I had to sacrifice one thing for another,” he says, explaining why he agreed to lead his native region.

” By my powers can not affect the implementation of any operations from Kiev,” referring to the operation as interim State officials describe as ” counter-terrorism.” “I urge again and again to be peaceful, but the problem is that the more time passes, this tumor grows, and in my opinion, the central authorities have been delayed.” ” If soldiers in uniform with weapon, representatives of other countries, I will not say what, you should immediately respond appropriately,” he stresses.

When questioned, Taruta suggested” 1% “, the risk of civil war, but stressed that “if the economic situation worsens, there may be a social explosion, and people can go outside and not to build something better, but to demolish the constructed and, for us, the important thing is not to get to this. ” ” We maintain a peaceful dialogue with the leaders of the protests, but can only be peacefully talking with peaceful. With the armed people is very difficult to do, because their task is to sow chaos, ” he explains.

“Corruption in time Yanukovych was frightful, dismounted as democratic institutions, judicial and law enforcement bodies and drained all financial resources,” he says, referring to the legacy we have received. ” The law enforcement agencies are demoralized. If they had worked effectively, there would have been no occupation, “he says.

Review Taruta the “social demand ” to join Russia has shrunk dramatically in Donetsk. “At first there was much talk of joining Russia, but Russia showed no desire to join Donetsk, understanding the many problems here, and society, either.” “A month between 30% and 38 % of the company was for union with Russia ago, but today this percentage is only 12% -18 %, ie, the social demand for a union [ with Russia ] has plummeted and the protesters do not have an ideology and partly understandable out to demand things like the Russian language, which was never banned, “he says.

Review the governor of Kiev authorities are willing to expand regional competitions, including the legalization of ” official correspondence in Russian.” ” The referendum is necessary, but only for issues affecting local territories, not essential for large state issues,” he says, and that the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, on a recent visit to Donetsk, was in favor of the idea of ??the referendum under the Constitution. “These issues affect not only should Donetsk, but the entire country, will be discussed in the constitutional committee has been formed and which has been invited to participate at our deputies,” he says.

Taruta is the “maximum economic independence ” of the region and the election of governors (now named), as well as the possibility for citizens to cease ” by referendum ” to public office at various levels, including governors. Work for constitutional reform last until at least the fall and require the consensus of the parliamentary political forces, says. The protests, however, have a more rapid pace.

” The protesters are not for ideological reasons more than 10,000 people in the region and 4.5 million live. Society wants a better life and for it wants greater autonomy, because you think you will do better if decisions are made ??locally, “says the governor and declares: ” We need to turn these peaceful protests into a public platform. “

Donetsk involves more than 20% of Ukraine’s GDP, but its mines subsist on ” huge subsidies”. ” We deliver 21,500 million hryvnias [ about 1,350 million euros to change ], receive [ state budget ] UAH 23.400 million and 8.300 million hryvnias further grant for miners,” said the governor, who has ordered a study to clarify “how much profit we generate.” Taruta gives priority to the ” fight against poverty ” and support small and medium enterprises. He says the decline of Russian orders to local industry began before the political disagreements and responds to economic problems in Russia itself, which ” has an excess of own production and a lack of demand, so it can not absorb imports of Ukraine. ” Tensions between Moscow and Kiev ” will over time,” he says. ” This is like a family quarrel. Our task today is to prevent nonsense true. “

When asked if Russian military in Donetsk, Taruta says security agencies ” do not share ” secret information with him. ” The security agencies say they were detained officials of the Russian security services, but I’m not acting on their own or officially ” he explains. Those who believe that President Vladimir Putin will be forced to intervene to defend Russian in Ukraine, Taruta says: ” Defend who? We officially Donetsk 550 Russian citizens with temporary residence permit, qualified specialists and well paid; others are people who speak in Russian, but Russian and Ukrainian citizens have no need of defense, because anyone threatens them. You just have to help us develop economically. “

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