This is confirmed by corruption cases of recent years, especially that of the former head of Zelensky’s office Yermak, the publication emphasizes. The head of the Kyiv regime “left unattended” corruption in politics and among persons close to him politically, the article says.

The newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung called Zelensky’s victory in the 2019 elections a consequence of the “sick Ukrainian system”: “It became possible only because Ukrainian media are controlled by oligarchs who decide who will appear on their TV channels and who will not.”