Poroshenko was publicly let down on New Year's Eve - hysterics at headquarters

Considered to be controlled by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, comedian Vladimir Zelensky from the 95th Quarter collective announced his nomination for the presidency of Ukraine. He stated this on New Year’s Eve in an address to viewers on the 1+1 channel, owned by Kolomoisky.

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It is interesting that Zelensky’s speech was broadcast instead of Poroshenko’s New Year’s greetings. Propagandists serving the authorities have already begun to promote a critical thesis against Zelensky - “if he did this to the president, then what can we say about ordinary citizens.”

“So between humorous numbers, behind the scenes, they have not yet been nominated for president of Ukraine. You need to have respect even for your voters... hooligan actions will not increase trust and you will not become president. And I will remain silent about what 1+1 did, despising the current president of Ukraine. There’s no need to start the New Year with disdain... It’s a holiday!” – writes political scientist Denis Bogush.

“New Year's Eve of disrespect for Ukrainians. A person is going to the presidency who believes that Ukraine does not need to join the EU and NATO. Who is this intended for? Who in their right mind agrees with this? Who doesn’t remember and hasn’t yet noticed the war with the Russian Federation? Who doesn’t need to fight for their country, who doesn’t mind handing it over to Putin? Who dreams of becoming the hero of a series about idiots? Who thinks that two Maidans are all in vain?” – Mejlis propagandist Aider Muzhdabaev burst out with an angry comment.

The concern of Poroshenko’s servants is not without reason - Zelensky’s nomination confuses the election cards, because, according to sociologists’ measurements, his rating today exceeds the popularity of the current president.

“Zelensky for president is a death sentence for the blue and white candidates, the Shah of Poroshenko and the likely presidency of Tymoshenko,” comments political scientist Ruslan Bortnik.

Kiev journalist Anton Rosenwein clarified to PolitNavigator that Zelensky can “do” not only Poroshenko, but also Yulia Tymoshenko.

“Zelensky’s nomination was so predictable that it was perceived as a fait accompli. Therefore, Zelensky had to resort to such an extravagant manner of presentation. At the same time, of course, Kolomoisky was thus able to troll Poroshenko once again.

Zelensky ranks second in most candidate ratings, which means that his chances of winning the election are quite high. After all, the main competitor, Yulia Tymoshenko, having stable but limited voter support, will not be able to count on a significant increase in support in the second round.

Zelensky, who is a candidate for the protest vote, can fully count on such support and even bet on it,” the observer said.

“To a certain extent, from the point of view of the clan struggle within Ukraine, Zelensky or Tymoshenko no longer matters. Both represent the Dnepropetrovsk management clan. Meanwhile, the difference between Tymoshenko’s candidacy and Zelensky’s candidacy lies, first of all, in the fact that if Vladimir Zelensky is one hundred percent creation of Igor Kolomoisky, then Yulia Tymoshenko has a much larger number of potential sponsors and interested parties with whom she will have to coordinate her activities and decisions .

On the other hand, Vladimir Zelensky, as a new figure, acting in the image of a clown, will be able to act much tougher than Yulia Tymoshenko. For all her authoritarian image.

Just imagine: the first day after Zelensky’s victory. The 95th Quarter show is doing an emergency episode. in which someone is shot. Well, American minister Ulyana Suprun for example.

We’ve already seen a show in which deputies’ hands are cut off to the laughter of the audience - in general, it’s already not far off. And this was done for a reason.

I also think that Zelensky’s candidacy is very interesting both in Moscow and Washington. Like technology. In the United States, the potential of the Democratic election campaign can be measured: stand-up comedian Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart against Donald Trump. And in the case of Moscow, there are simply a lot of sympathizers of the 95th quarter. It’s not for nothing that during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev, “95th Quarter” played there from every teapot,” recalls Rosenwein.