Russian lawmaker believes that Kiev authorities are destroying the country's unity

Alexei Pushkov, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament, believes that the Kiev authorities are ruining the unity of the country.

"Through justification of arson attacks, troop operations, and the killings of Russians in Ukraine, the Kiev-based authorities are destroying the foundations of the existence of a united country," he wrote in his post in Twitter on Monday.