‘Stop the clownery’ – top Russian MP to Zelensky

"A senior Russian MP has blasted Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky for continuing to block peace

negotiations with Moscow, saying Kiev should “stop the clownery” and return to diplomacy.
In an interview with RT on Monday, State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Leonid Slutsky noted that Zelensky “banned negotiations for himself.” He was referring to the Ukrainian leader’s 2022 order banning direct negotiations with Russia as long as President Vladimir Putin remains in office.
“He should recall his first profession less often and stop the clownery,” Slutsky said, in an apparent jab at Zelensky’s past as a comedian." RT