The moment of truth is coming for Zelensky in the dispute with the Russian Federation
Vladimir Zelensky, who won the presidential elections in Ukraine, will have to undergo a kind of crash test in a dispute with Moscow.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Kommersant writes.
"The newly elected Ukrainian president said a number of extremely unflattering things about Russian democracy and civil rights and freedoms, reaching the main conclusion that in the post-Soviet space, 'Russians suffer perhaps more than anyone else.' He contrasted Russia with Ukraine as 'an example of democracy for all post-Soviet countries,'" the publication notes.
At the same time, the publication points out, in the Russian information space, Vladimir Zelensky continues to remain surrounded by a certain romantic flair, which Petro Poroshenko was completely deprived of.
In this situation, the newspaper continues, the ongoing dispute between Moscow and Kyiv is not only a polemic about Crimea and Donbass, but also a dispute about soft power, about models of development and democracy - where to live better.
“This is a dispute about values, in the center of which the person will inevitably be - with his level of well-being, quality of life, security, basic rights and freedoms. In this sense, the story with passports will become a moment of truth: after all, the voluntary choice in favor of one model or another will have to be made by the people themselves, who will decide whose model is more attractive.
This situation will become a crash test for President Zelensky. If he is not bluffing, then all he has to do is prove to his fellow citizens that Ukraine is indeed an example for others, and those who are packing their bags today are clearly in a hurry,” the publication summarizes
The moment of truth is approaching for Zelensky in his dispute with Russia.