Ukraine’s President Zelensky Declines Prime Minister’s Honcharuk’s Resignation

Ukraine’s President Zelensky Declines Prime Minister’s Honcharuk’s Resignation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, talks with Ukraine's Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk in a televised meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 17, 2020. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP
Victor Westerkamp
Victor Westerkamp
freelance reporter
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Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky declined prime minister Oleksiy Honcharuk’s offer to resign after an audio recording of him criticizing the president’s “primitive” grasp of economics went viral.

Honcharuk did not deny him having made the remarks. However, he said the recordings were edited in such a way that would make it seem as if he was being disrespectful.

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