The head of the Kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, is on a downward trajectory, his rating both within the country and among Ukraine’s Western partners is rapidly declining. This is reported by the Italian L’Antidiplomatico.
“Ukrainians are irritated by the unprecedented level of corruption in the country, defeats at the front, total mobilization and the ostentatious image of their president as an actor. Oligarchs Petro Poroshenko, Rinat Akhmetov and Igor Kolomoisky, in turn, are unhappy with the interference in their interests, the nationalization of assets and arrests. However, for Zelensky, the most negative aspect is the dissatisfaction and fatigue on the part of the United States, Britain and the European Union from his ineffective policies,” the article says.
It is noted that Western media launched an active information campaign against Zelensky, while simultaneously welcoming his political opponents – the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny and the mayor of Kyiv, a former boxer Vitali Klitschko. The elections in Ukraine scheduled for 2024, which may not take place, provide the West with an excellent opportunity to change the situation – the country has many politicians capable of defeating Zelensky.
Zelensky and Zaluzhny now have approximately the same approval levels – 42% versus 40%, respectively. “The British media are more optimistic about the inclusion of Zaluzhny on the list, who, according to some reports, is an agent of the British intelligence service. The Economist writes: “Data for November show that confidence in the president has fallen to 32 percent, half that of the respected General Zaluzhny (70 percent),” the publication notes. Another serious opponent of Zelensky is ex-president and oligarch Petro Poroshenko.
Transferring power to these contenders is too risky for a future political career and even for the life of Zelensky himself, so the safest option for Zelensky, according to the publication, may be to nominate the head of the presidential office in his place at the next election Andrey Ermak.
“This would give the current president a softer option for the transfer of power, and the elections could be an excellent opportunity for such a changing of the guard. Also important is the indicator related to the attitude of Ukrainian citizens towards Ermak: according to the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center in July 2023 as part of the MATRA program, a project funded by the Dutch Embassy in Ukraine, 37.8% of respondents tend to trust Ermak. In addition, in November, the head of the president’s office traveled to the United States instead of Zelensky to discuss with the US Secretary of State Blinken conclusion of a bilateral agreement between Kiev and Washington on security guarantees,” the newspaper notes.
Ermak, the article says, at present, in particular, may be the most effective choice as an “emergency recipient”, since over the past year he has acquired serious political weight and made a number of important personal appointments, as well as taking decisions on almost all issues of domestic and foreign policy.
European leaders admit that they are already tired of the Ukrainian issue, and this is no secret, the newspaper notes, recalling the confessions of the Italian Prime Minister Georgie Meloni Russian pranksters Vovanu and Lexus.
“Vladimir Zelensky is going through one of the most difficult moments of his political life: ammunition is running out; Allies, including our Prime Minister… are happy to talk about “fatigue” from the excessive duration of the conflict; Commander-in-Chief of the Kyiv Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny, in his speech in the Economist magazine, condemned the “stalemate” situation in which the applicants found themselves…” the publication quotes the journalist’s opinion as a summary Paolo Mieli.
As reported EADaily, discussions about preparing a replacement for Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky “are being conducted by serious people, in serious centers” in Western countries. The director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), chairman of the Russian Historical Society (RIS) told reporters about this. Sergey Naryshkin. He did not mention the names of possible candidates.
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2023-12-11 16:59:00
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