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Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Andriy Parubiy, endorses an appeal by far-right politicians and activists to prevent Zelensky’s election win, which they see as a revanche for pro-Russian forces in Ukraine.
Once a “social-nationalist”, Parubiy started his political career in Lviv’s far-right milieu. He later moved on to join Yulia Tymoshenko’s mainstream party, but old links remain as was evident during Maidan revolution and remains evident now.
There are many reasonable questions and doubts about Zelensky’s presidential bid, namely his oligarchic links and inexperience, but there is precious little to support the conspiracy theory about him being “pro-Russian”.
What anti-Zelensky mobilization of elites goes to show is that political strife in Ukraine is likely to increase if he gets elected. There will be a fierce parliamentary election campaign and likely - attempts by the old Rada to strip the president of his powers.
The latter has already been indicated by Avakov, the powerful interior minister backed by a loyal paramilitary force, collectively known as Azov.
