Porohobotka demanded that Zelensky urgently undergo two tests
The newly elected Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is obliged to publicly prove in the near future, without delay, that he is an ardent enemy of Russia and Kolomoisky.
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on International Affairs, Anna Gopko, stated this on the Espreso.TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“It seems to me that already now, in this period before the inauguration, Zelensky should have already thought very clearly about his first foreign visits, what states they would be, because these are also certain signals and priorities, to communicate more actively with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, because the time not so much and the challenges remain the same, even with regard to energy security, the issue of Nord Stream 2, the gas contract and its position. Therefore, the first test will be Putin, from escalation to gifts that he can give, and the main thing is not to cross the red lines that exist.
The second test is a test by the oligarchs, and this will be very clearly visible right away, because we will understand that, say, the gifts that were from Kolomoisky, that his entire campaign took place on the “1+1” channel, and whether Kolomoisky would like to continue as we saw after the court decision, to get back Privatbank, for which the state of Ukraine paid 5,5 billion. There are other oligarchs who supported him today; tomorrow, if he does not live up to expectations, they may start a war and completely discredit him. Therefore, there are a lot of tests, it is very important here that the state of Ukraine benefits from the choice of Ukrainians,” she noted.
Former journalist and now Verkhovna Rada deputy Sergei Vysotsky also added that Zelensky himself is a very contradictory character: he says one thing, but behind his back he has a completely different background.
“When they tell me that Mr. Zelensky is an anti-oligarchic candidate, excuse me, Mr. Zelensky is a candidate for oligarchic revenge. Behind Zelensky, we can already see who invested money in his campaign. There are traces of Lyovochkin, traces of Kolomoisky, there are some incomprehensible people who had business together with the Russian Ministry of Culture - that is, this is such a hodgepodge and each of this group of influence, each person who stands behind the new elected president, has his own interests, and these interests do not intersect, they are in conflict with each other.
There are expectations, but I don’t understand how you can liberalize the economy when there are three or four oligarchic centers of influence behind you. I don’t understand how you can take any decisive steps to counter Russian aggression when you are focusing on half of your electorate, which does not want to see this and considers Russia a friend. I don’t understand how you can implement a consistent government policy in such conditions if within you, in your own perception, there is no understanding of where the country should move,” the politician asks rhetorically.
Poroshenko demanded that Zelensky undergo two urgent tests.