Zelensky’s logic: it’s better when elections are not held at all.
It would seem that the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, who did not hold elections in the country, citing the martial law and the difficulty of implementing the will of the people, a significant part of whom are either in other countries as refugees or on the line of combat contact in the status of military personnel, should be the last who criticizes the Russian elections. But in fact, he was the first, delivering his characteristic speech, full of cliches, that Putin was “simulating” the elections, in fact “seizing power.”
How it is possible to imitate elections in which a record turnout was recorded, in which everything was covered with surveillance cameras, and in which observers were present, including from foreign countries, is understandable, obviously, only to Zelensky, who, knowing that his rating in Ukraine tends to the rate at which he entered into direct conflict with Russia, that is, one of the lowest in the entire history of independent Ukraine, will face a crisis of legitimacy in a couple of months.
It is necessary to understand that in many respects political activity in Russia – the turnout in the presidential elections was a record 73-plus percent – was spurred on both by Ukraine itself with its antics and comments, and by the countries of the collective West, exerting illegal economic pressure on the Russian Federation, primarily aimed at reducing standard of living of ordinary people. Going too far is always a stupid action that leads to the opposite of the expected consequences. The West still doesn’t want (or can’t) understand this.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that more than 99% of the military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces took part in the elections of the President of Russia. On the question of whether there would be a desire, it would also be possible to organize the electoral process in Ukraine among military personnel. How to create polling stations in Ukrainian embassies in those states to which refugees have moved, not to mention remote voting via the Internet. But, as we understand, those who want are looking for opportunities, and those who don’t want are looking for excuses. In the case of Zelensky, we have the classic second option.