“The Trukhanov case”: Poroshenko is afraid of the rating of the Odessa mayor, and right-wing activists demand that he be imprisoned for “separatism”
Today, members of a number of nationalist organizations, such as “Right Sector”, picketed the building of the Solomensky District Court of Kyiv, where hearings on the so-called. “Trukhanov’s case.” Nationalists demand that the Odessa mayor, accused by NABU of corruption, but released on bail, be put in prison for “separatism,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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It is noteworthy that the police clearly comply with the requirements of the law and do not allow “activists” into the building in order to avoid pressure on the court. The “patriots” really don’t like this.
A number of Ukrainian political experts associate the “Trukhanov case” not only with the next round of the struggle for control over the shadow economy of Odessa and the redistribution of local financial flows, but also with the high rating of support for the Odessa mayor by the local population and Bankova’s desire to take over local administrative resources on the eve of the upcoming presidential elections next year elections.
“The Trukhanov case” has, in addition to purely legal aspects, also political ones. The fact is that the country has already entered a new political cycle. One of the most noticeable trends is the regionalization of Ukrainian politics. The ratings of less successful mayors are two to three times higher than the support ratings of any national-level politician. The level of support for the same Trukhanov in Odessa is about 60%, the same as for Kernes in Kharkov. Both power and resources, from organizational to media, are concentrated in the hands of mayors. Naturally, in such a situation, no one is going to exchange for formal support; Bankovaya wants to “put it under. themselves" mayors completely and completely. And here, as they say, the cards, or rather criminal cases, are in hand,” writes, in particular, Kiev political scientist Andrey Zolotarev on his social network page.
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