Zeman’s visit to the Trump White House is another big win for the Kremlin. Russian propaganda will surely spin their favorite story of Russia-friendly President Trump meeting with another Russia-friendly EU leader to get on board the Russian vision for Ukraine.
By GABRIEL MEYR, freelance writer as published by the Daily Caller, Mar 27, 2017
Ukrainians struggling against continued Russian aggression should be devastated that President Trump invited Czech President Milos Zeman to the White House in April. Zeman is seeking to set up a meeting between Trump and Putin, which is no surprise since the Washington Post called Zeman a “virtual mouthpiece” for Putin in 2014.
Russian propaganda outlets are already making the best out of his upcoming visit. Mr. Zeman is a frequent star of Kremlin outlets that amplifies and supports Putin’s policies. He even notoriously supported the Russian claim that Kyiv is ruled by fascists, but Trump doesn’t seem to mind.
Zeman has denied the presence of Russian forces in Ukraine, stating that “I take seriously the statement of [Russian] foreign minister Sergei Lavrov that there are no Russian troops [there] and calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine conveniently for the Kremlin a ‘civil war’. He even proposed the ‘Finlandization’ of Ukraine, meaning that Ukrainian defense and foreign policy would be subject to Moscow.
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/27/tru ... t-helps-putin-in-ukraine/