by Eze Eluchie,
By his very
size, you simply could not ignore him and he was unmistakable – he filled any
room he was in.
The ever
present boyish grin which adorns his face elicits an endearing smile from
whosoever comes into first contact with him – and this obviously opens quite a
lot of doors, hearts and secrets for his employers.
The size and
ambience appeared to have worked extremely well for Russian Ambassador to the
United States, Sergey Kislyak.
After a
decade of service to his country as its Ambassador to the United States, during
which period he developed, explored and sustained contacts with his host
country, reaching out to influential elements in US political, business and
social circles, Sergey Kislyak, is finally returning to his home country where
he is being received as hero who admirably navigated very turbulent waters
during the Obama presidency, culminating his tenure by achieving the
unthinkable - superintending over a successful Russian interference in US
presidential elections.
In the
build-up to the November 2016 US Presidential elections, it had been quite clear
to all that the Russian Federation had a preference for an identifiable and clear
candidate between the two main candidates in the US. The Russian preference was
easily discernible and was boldly asserted and shown by Russians of all works
of life, from the Kremlin, President Putin all the way through to cab drivers
and waiters on the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Despite the fact that subterranean
efforts were deployed by Russia through its maze of covert security operatives
and agencies, the task of frontally representing the interest of the Russian
Federation, and ensuring that the desires of the ‘motherland’ come to fruition,
rested on the broad shoulders of Amb. Kislyak.
In brash,
discreet and diplomatically unprecedented moves, Ambassador Kislyak met with
and discussed ‘issues’ surrounding the US Presidential elections with key members
of the inner caucus of the Presidential Campaign organization of Russia’s
preferred candidate, such as Michael Flynn {Former US National Security
Adviser}, Jeff Session {current US Attorney General}, Jared Kushner {US
Presidents Special Adviser and influential son-in-law} and so on – meetings that
have only begun to be revealed several weeks after the US Presidential
elections have long been concluded and the deed already done. With each
revelation of a clandestine meeting with Ambassador Kislyak, the realization of
how deeply engrained the level of Russian interference in selecting the 45th
POTUS became clearer to many Americans.
At one point,
it became obvious that politicians in Washington DC were examining their social
and private meetings to verify if they had ever come into contact or been in the
same room with Ambassador Kislyak. Any previous interaction with Ambassador
Kislyak, or even dreams where the Ambassador had featured in, became a source
of concern to politicians in the capital city.
An unfortunate
outcome of Ambassador Kislyak’s successful tenure in Washington DC., is that
any hope of US – Russia collaboration in efforts to defeat extremist Islamist
terrorism virtually evaporated as the US establishment now appears to have
directed its embarrassment and disgust at the successful Russian interference
in US Presidential elections at thwarting any efforts at rapprochement, amity
and collaborations between the Trump administration and Kremlin. President
Trump is, himself, forced to act against Russian interests in manners in which
he ordinarily would have exercised reservations – such as with the attack on
the Syrian Air Force base in – in a bid to show ‘independence’ from The
Kremlin.
Hopefully with
the return of Ambassador Kislyak to his home country, tension will be diffused
and it will be possible to downplay the issue of Russian interference in US
elections and focus once more shifted towards ensuring that the two main global
powers positively engage with themselves and work towards ensuring the
extermination of extremist Islamist terrorism and other vices of existential
concern to humanity.
Picture: Ambassador
Sergey Kislyak.
