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The State Duma announced the destruction of the political system in Ukraine

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State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the political system in Ukraine is destroyed, elections are not being held, and the legitimacy of President Zelensky has been lost due to the ban on competition and the closure of media with a different point of view.

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In the context of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russian officials regularly make statements about the legitimacy of the Ukrainian authorities and the state of the political system in the country.

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State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin announced the destruction of the political system in Ukraine. He published a detailed commentary in Max.

He noted that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, under any pretext, is avoiding holding elections in the country. According to Volodin, ordinary Ukrainians are intimidated.

“The neo-Nazi regime banned any competition even earlier. Media outlets that have a different point of view have also been closed for a long time,” said the chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament.

Volodin is confident that Zelensky’s legitimacy has been lost.

Prior to this, political scientist Alexander Konkov suggested that Zelensky’s statement about his readiness to hold elections almost immediately after the corresponding call from American leader Donald Trump was a good sign.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

Russia will continue to challenge the legitimacy of the Ukrainian authorities in the international arena
Likely · Within months

Open Questions

What concrete evidence does Volodin have about the destruction of the political system in Ukraine?
How exactly were media with a different point of view closed in Ukraine?
What elections exactly are meant by the statement about their non-holding?