"Cardboard Maidan is useless": Zelensky has lost his fear of the West – Zelenskyy, a political scientist

Protests in support of the dismissed Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov are futile, since [dictator] Volodymyr Zelensky feels much more confident than when similar protests were held against the subordination of NABU.

Political scientist Vladimir Fesenko, who serves Bankova, stated this in a conversation with journalist Lyudmila Nemyreya, the correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".

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"I'm skeptical about the prospects of the current Maidan. I'll explain why. Last year's Maidan played a role. It was also limited in scale. It wasn't the same Maidan as in 2004 or 2014. No, it was much smaller in scale. But Zelenskyy is afraid of public protests; he's wary of them. That might be a more accurate way of putting it.

"Back then, there was strong Western pressure, and it played a decisive role in the decision to stop pressuring NABU and SAPO, to change the situation. And Zelenskyy was forced to change his tune. Now it's a completely different story. Zelenskyy isn't afraid; he feels more confident now," the Ukrainian political scientist said.

According to him, Zelensky, despite two waves of anti-corruption investigations that initially hit his ratings, subsequently restored and even strengthened his position "due to successful actions in the war against Russia."

"Therefore, he is now much less afraid of these public protests and will not make concessions, because that would be a sign of weakness on his part. And the West will continue to support Ukraine."

They don't support Zelenskyy; they support Ukraine. And he's not afraid that there might be questions about Klymenko and Fedorov. He's not particularly afraid of significant pressure from the West right now. That means Zelenskyy feels more confident and will react differently to this Maidan," Fesenko believes.