An especially shocking revelation made at Zoran Zaev’s press conference today was that he had no idea that what he believed are his three conversations with Petro Porosenko were in fact Russian pranks until yesterday.

The apparent lack of follow up to the conversations with what Zaev believed is the leader of a key European country lead to him being pranked a record three times by the Russian comedians Vovan and Lexus, and got him to reveal sensitive informations and to agree to criminal acts.

During his press conference, Zaev confided that he hasn’t slept all night long, after the tapes dropped on Monday afternoon, revealing that if Vova and Lexus wanted to, they could have continued pranking Zaev for a lot longer.

Zaev insisted that he is the victim of his openness and sincerity, but promised to improve security in the Government. He famously assumed power after using illegally tapped phone converations made by officials from the previous, Nikola Gruevski led Government. The source of the wiretapping is still being investigated.