We intentionally abstained from covering the results of the
Presidential election right after the winner was announced. As Volodymyr
Zelenskyy’s team was believed to be anti-establishment, we wanted to dig into
the relations inside the team a bit deeper than the general knowledge.
Fact 1. Chat of Zelenskyy’s top circle was published just before
the election. We learnt from it that their basic intentions were to make
Ukraine a better place.
Fact 2. Outside rather small inner circle, Zelenskyy
appeared to lack any real team. Instead, he hired some HR people to interview
whoever comes. Unfortunately, this resulted in numerous corrupt officials of
the past retaining their high posts.
Fact 3. Despite the declared desire for change, Zelenskyy’s
team is at least partially under control of its shareholders. There is
unlimited evidence of oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi’s strong engagement, as his men
are working to secure his interests.
Fact 4. Although approved by the HR, some runners for
parliament seats lost their nominations because their positions were not in
line with Zelenskyy’s “Servant of the People” party shareholders.
Fact 5. Many people were selected to become members of
Zelenskyy’s party as successful young men who did not engage in corruption.
However, some of them did not associate themselves with the common sense or any
real-life activity; others came from families with strong corruption ties.
Neither of them will ever become a true professional – only a cozy puppet for
party leaders.
All in all, despite proper motivation, Zelenskyy’s team
currently is failing to lead the state by clearly mismanaging all kinds of
governmental policies. Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has actually stated that since
Zelenskyy’s election, Ukraine had no foreign policy, meaning that the President
did not deal with foreign issues at all. Starting from that day, Zelenskyy
began to pay more attention to the foreign policy – though in the form of void
declarations, not for-Ukraine actions.