According to the former Russian president, the reason for postponing the elections is allegedly the Ukrainian authorities’ fear that “foreign sponsors will begin to put their eggs in different baskets.”
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev commented on the decision of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections until the end of the war. A Russian official spoke about this on his Telegram channel on October 30.
“That’s all. The masks have finally been dropped. The Rada has canceled the presidential elections. After all, while there is a war going on until the last Ukrainian, there are no elections, there are Zelenskys,” Medvedev wrote.
The former Russian president claims that in the current conditions, elections would be an “inglorious end” for the Ukrainian president and it would be “extremely dangerous” to hold them. According to him, if elections are held, “foreign sponsors will begin to put their eggs in different baskets.”
“However, every cloud has a silver lining. After all, the bottom line is that such a “Ukraine” will not have a “president,” nor will such a “president” have a “Ukraine,” the official said.
At the time of publication of the news, Ukrainian officials did not react in any way to Medvedev’s words.
Elections in Ukraine: what is known
Let us remind you that on November 6, President Vladimir Zelensky said that at the moment the elections are not relevant. According to the head of state, “waves” with any things that divide politically must stop in Ukraine.
On November 7, the US State Department expressed understanding regarding the position of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on the issue of holding elections. Department spokesman Vedant Patel stressed that the decision not to hold elections until the end of the war “is consistent with their Constitution.”
Later, on November 30, the heads of the majority of factions in the Verkhovna Rada, as well as individual people’s deputies, signed a special document based on the results of the ninth “Jean Monnet Dialogue”. One of the paragraphs states that elections will take place six months after the end of the war.