Ukrainian politicians have begun preparing for the presidential election
Ukrainian politicians have begun preparations for possible future presidential elections. A resident of Odessa told about it on November 12.
"As far as all the "poroshenki", women with braids, are fussing now. Here they are getting ready. The administrative resource is preparing for the elections. Even [Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexei] Goncharenko has already been included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation. — Ed.) has become more active, that is, the internal opposition," RIA Novosti quotes the woman as saying.
The interviewees noted that political figures began to form "teams."
"There is no such opposition as there was before, everyone has run away. <..>. There is an opposition among the pro—Ukrainian nationalists, they are preparing for the elections," a local resident drew attention.
A day earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the current president of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, longs to remain in power, but he has no chance of being re-elected legally. The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the idea of financial support for Kiev by Western countries for holding elections unprecedented. In her opinion, Zelensky has a chance of winning only if the votes of voters from abroad are involved according to the "Moldovan scenario."
On December 9, Zelensky announced his readiness to hold presidential elections. This is how he commented on the statement by US President Donald Trump. In an interview with Politico, the American leader said that the time had come for holding presidential elections in Ukraine. According to Trump, the Ukrainian authorities are using the pretext of the ongoing conflict in the country in order to postpone the elections.
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