\u201cShe probably wants to wash her hands of her close relationship with Putin. Don\u2019t do so at Croatia’s expense, find some other way,” the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 commented on former president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi\u0107\u2019s statement in a British podcast in which she attributes her election defeat to Russian hybrid influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy first association was the second album of the rock group The Clash \u201cGive them enough rope\u201d, followed by suspension points then they will hang themselves. Namely, give them enough rope then they will hang themselves. That second part is missing, but it refers to an English idiom and a well-known album. I won\u2019t say anything further\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 explained figuratively, adding: \u201cI realize you want to wash your hands of certain actions, but don\u2019t smear us. I don\u2019t know why, ask her. Or I\u2019ll ask her because she is once again par of the delegation going to New York, I signed it again. We are leaving in two days for the UN General Assembly Session, and she elbowed her way in again\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President feels that the former president \u201cobviously wants to go [work] abroad, and the photograph showing her forcing a jersey on Putin \u2013 is compromising and has to be erased, but don\u2019t do it at my expense\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalists asked President Milanovi\u0107 about the fact that Minister Grli\u0107-Radman didn\u2019t include millions of amounts of dividends in his financial disclosure statement. \u201cI\u2019ve said a lot about this, all of it true, how he got hold of the company. He is a monopolist. The company should have been nationalized in 1991, but it wasn\u2019t, those who managed it as communist career people got it. They got brutally rich through that monopoly\u201d, the President noted, adding \u201cit wouldn\u2019t be a problem if they didn\u2019t lie the whole time about the identity of who and what they are. Four billion euros wouldn\u2019t be enough for Grli\u0107-Radman to be what he wants to be. I\u2019m certain that after this he will be promoted\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Milanovi\u0107 called today on the Government of the Republic of Croatia and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 to take all necessary steps to solve the problems of the Croatian citizens, of the fans in Greek prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur citizens in Greek prisons have problems, how to get money, how to purchase water? Because the tap water is not fit for drinking, therefore they have to purchase it, and they cannot get money through regular channels. Yesterday I spoke to people who are close to them, I feel the Croatian government can do a lot more\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated in Pazin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wrote to Prime Minister Plenkovi\u0107 yesterday about the problems the Croatian citizens in Greek prisons are facing, considering that they may be detained there for months. \u201cI hope the Prime Minister will undertake steps in good faith and within the scope of his responsibility\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cShe probably wants to wash her hands of her close relationship with Putin. Don\u2019t do so at Croatia’s expense, find some other way,” the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 commented on former president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi\u0107\u2019s statement in a British podcast in which she attributes her election defeat to Russian hybrid influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25029,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-25049","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n