Posted on 01/05/2019 2:45:33 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
According to recent polls, only 8% of Ukrainians would vote for Poroshenko.
He looks set to face almost certain defeat against other pro-Western candidates.
Ex-prime minister and Fatherland Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko was considered the frontrunner with 14% support. Another outlying candidate, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, was considered to be in a better position than the incumbent.
According to Skorkin, by introducing martial law, Poroshenko is trying to win the sympathy of patriots and nationalists, who have been criticizing him for not to being “tough enough” with Russia.
Rival Tymoshenko has been blaming him for avoiding the term “war” when talking about the conflict with Russian-sponsored separatists, which Poroshenko instead labels an “anti-terrorist operation.”
Poroshenko’s electoral slogan is “army, language, faith,” which he defined as “the formula of the contemporary Ukrainian identity.” By granting extraordinary powers to the military, the institution which Ukrainian people trust the most, according to polls, Poroshenko is trying to boost his public support.
Leonid Litra, a Senior Research Fellow at the New Europe Center, said the naval clash on the Kerch Strait left Poroshenko with little choice other than martial law; a milder reaction would have meant political suicide.
And, of course, Moscow has a strategy, too.
According to Litra, the Kremlin is using a mixture of propaganda, economic pressure and diplomatic offensives to sow discord and aggravate social tensions within Ukraine.
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It’s the difference between a democracy, ie Ukraine, where the president will lose his next election and Russia where President for life, Putin rules.
Bye Porky!
Right, a "Democracy" ...
Or, more accurately for the Ukraine ...
Yes, the Ukrainian president will lose his next election and the winner will take his place as opposed to Russia where Putin will only leave feet first.
Innocent.
“Innocent“
Not hardly. She is as corrupt as they come.
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