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Foreign Policy: Zelensky’s midterm report card

By Foreign Policy.

Published Nov. 30, 2020 at 5:28 am

President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the right, and chief of staff Andriy Yermak, at a meeting on the government response to the coronavirus pandemic on May 18, 2020. Both contracted the novel coronavirus and have recently recovered.

Photo by Press service of Ukrainian presi

Despite their essentially local character, many observers (including in Russia) saw Ukraine’s mayoral and community elections, held on Oct. 25, as a referendum on the country’s geopolitical orientation. More than anything, though, they turned out to be a midterm report card on political neophyte President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Servant of the People (SP) party.