{"id":5167,"date":"2026-04-04T05:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:24:09","slug":"top-senator-explains-why-russia-will-not-abduct-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/top-senator-explains-why-russia-will-not-abduct-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Top senator explains why Russia will not abduct Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moscow would irreparably damage its reputation if it behaved like the US in Venezuela and Iran, Valentina Matviyenko said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"166\"><strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"106\"><\/strong>Russia would lose all respect on the international stage if it emulated US military actions in Venezuela and Iran by attempting to abduct or assassinate Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Valentina Matviyenko, the head of Russia\u2019s Federation Council, has said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"915\">In an interview with Russia 1 aired on Friday, Matviyenko ruled out capturing Zelensky in the same way the US seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a commando raid on Caracas three months ago.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"1083\"><em>\u201cIt is not our style. We are a country that respects itself and is respected by others. We would lose that respect if we resorted to such methods,\u201d<\/em> Matviyenko said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1085\" data-end=\"1246\">She added that although the US <em>\u201cachieved nothing\u201d<\/em> by killing Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, <em>\u201cthe stain on its reputation will remain in history forever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/637158-ukraine-grain-corruption-scandal\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Ukraine rocked by new multimillion-dollar corruption scandal<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1248\" data-end=\"1388\">Matviyenko added, however, that Zelensky, who she blamed for the Ukraine conflict, should <em>\u201cface trial \u2026 and be punished for his actions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials claim that they foiled a number of attempts on Zelensky\u2019s life in 2022, without providing details. The Kremlin has dismissed the claims as <em>\u201ccompletely false.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow would irreparably damage its reputation if it behaved like the US in Venezuela and Iran, Valentina Matviyenko said Russia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5168,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions\/5168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}