Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he's appointed Chrystia Freeland as an economic adviser (www.cbc.ca)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 05 Jan 14:33
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday he had appointed former Liberal cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland as an economic development adviser, citing her experience in attracting investment.

“Right now, Ukraine needs to strengthen its internal resilience — both for the sake of Ukraine’s recovery if diplomacy delivers results as swiftly as possible, and to reinforce our defense if, because of delays by our partners, it takes longer to bring this war to an end,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.

Freeland, who has Ukrainian ancestry, was (Canada’s) deputy prime minister between 2019 and 2024. She has long been one of Canada’s most vocal opponents of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Freeland has roiled both the U.S. and Russia in the past.

She was one of a number of Canadian officials subjected to retaliatory sanctions imposed by Vladimir Putin’s government in 2014, the year Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine.

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