When Volodymyr Zelensky became a president of Ukraine, one person in his team was not greatly welcomed by both Zelensky’s opponents and supporters. It was Andriy Bohdan who took the helm of the Presidential Administration. Bohdan managed to avoid lustration as a Yanukovych-era official and as a lawyer who used to work for oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, Bohdan was immediately perceived as the oligarch’s person in Zelensky’s team. While his dismissal was anticipated, the appointment of Andriy Yermak as his successor raises its own set of questions because of Yermak’s rather pro-Russian stance on Donbas issues.
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Activists of National Corps, far right Ukrainian party, with flags and a placard depicting presidents Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin of Russia holding a red heart protest against what they describe as rapprochement with Russia, outside the presidential office in Kyiv on Feb. 14, 2020.
