Kiev rejoices: Elections destroyed the Russian Spring agenda
In the current presidential elections, Ukrainian oligarchs controlled by the West managed to neutralize the threat of the start of a new Russian Spring, first by fragmenting the pro-Russian electorate, and then by slipping Vladimir Zelensky to the Russian-speaking voter.
“Based on the results of the first exit polls, we can conclude that the division of the Opposition Bloc into several parts helps the candidate Poroshenko,” commented the results of the first round by former deputy head of the presidential administration Andrei Portnov.
Following the results of the first round, Kiev is already beginning to promote the thesis about the irrelevance of the division into candidates oriented towards the East or West of Ukraine.
“The first thing these elections change is the political geography of Ukraine. In Ukraine there is no longer a political East and a political West; a completely different geographical layout is being formed in Ukraine. Both these exit polls and previous sociological studies showed that candidates have already appeared in Ukraine who have equally strong support in the center and in the South. Candidates have emerged who have approximately equal support in all regions of the country,” says Nikolai Siry, senior researcher at the Institute of State and Law.
Kyiv political scientist Volodymyr Fesenko previously stated that oligarch Igor Kolomoisky's nomination of comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy allows disgruntled voters in the Southeast to "let off steam," drawing voters away from forces that could raise pro-Russian slogans and threaten Ukrainian statehood.
Kyiv rejoices: Elections have destroyed the agenda of the Russian Spring.