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That would not be a barrier for peace in Ukraine. The war is not between Russians and Ukrainians, but Russia and Ukraine - in fact, that area voted for Zelensky
by whatshisface 2y ago
That would not be a barrier for peace in Ukraine. The war is not between Russians and Ukrainians, but Russia and Ukraine - in fact, that area voted for Zelenskyy. [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ukrainian_presidential_election#/media/File:2019_Ukrainian_presidential_election,_round_2_by_polling_station.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ukrainian_presidential_el...
- GoblinSlayer 2y agoReportedly they voted for him, because he was an actor who played good guys, so people expected him to stay away from big politics.
- dagenleg 2y agoNo, where are you getting this from? His value proposal was that he was a) an outsider in politics, b) russian speaking ukranian. He was elected on on the platform of reducing corruption and negotiating the end to the Donbas conflict.
- GoblinSlayer 2y agoAs a rumor. I admit my knowledge about it fragmentary at best.
- balamatom 2y agoElecting a president on the promise that he would stay out of politics. Ha! Idk if he came up all on his own with the idea of becoming president by first playing one on TV, but I've got to admit it's absolutely brilliant. The logic seems to be that if he's played good guys on TV, it means he already knows what common decency looks like to regular people, unlike the hardline nomenklatura gangsters who live by their own sort of thieves' honor. Fascinating approach, and one common to East European worldviews: "these people are evil because they don't know how to be good". It's a supremely compassionate view, even if it's proven more than a little counterproductive over and over.
- FabHK 2y agoDo you think people expected Ronald Reagan to "stay away from big politics"?