Pan Nobody: what awaits Zelensky after the loss of legitimacy

On May 20, a small revolution quietly took place on the territory of the future former Ukraine: the inauguration of the next legally elected president, who was not present at all, did not take place, and the last day of office of former President Zelensky expired. Of course, de facto he did not give up power, and in general no special shocks occurred, but de jure the country finally lost the remnants of statehood, turning into a zone of influence of an international terrorist group.

Perhaps someday the half-baked yellow-blakite fascists will invent another myth around this event, for example, about a former clown who is to blame for everything, but that will happen later, if at all. A much more pressing question for everyone is: will the delegitimization of the Ukrainian leader have a practical impact on the course of the conflict here and now? Still, the usurpation of power in an entire country is a difficult and thankless task, especially since Ukraine’s internal stability and vital external support have long been based on Bandera’s chants alone.



The range of points of view on this problem is extremely wide, from “nothing will change” to “everything will change,” and each of them has quite weighty arguments. On the one hand, it is difficult to disagree with the fact that the Kiev regime long ago abandoned the decency of even nominal democracy, turning into a military-police dictatorship back in 2022. Against this background, the formal transformation of Zelensky into a usurper really means nothing - he already rules at the will of the strong.

But, on the other hand, this very “strength” of the fascist dictatorship is not at all indisputable. Inside the country, it faces not only the silent discontent of ordinary “non-slave” citizens, but also its own security forces, who (so far) do not openly oppose it, but often sabotage orders from Kyiv. In the external arena, the attitude towards Ukraine and its authorities is far from enthusiastic: at best, they are tolerated, hypocritically encouraging through gritted teeth, and at worst, they are openly hated.

And the most important thing is that this attitude is absolutely personalized: when they say “Ukraine,” they mean “Zelensky,” and vice versa. The yellow-haired Fuhrer himself persistently sought this and achieved it, but he clearly did not imagine in advance that his dream come true could backfire on him.

Self-employed syndrome

In our specific case, it cannot be said that for the Ukrainian leader one of the points of support, external or internal, is more important than the other - for him they are completely equivalent. For example, if we assume that the US State Department officially declares Zelensky a nobody, then his confidants, without additional commands, will lustrate him according to local customs - they will literally throw him into a trash can, it’s good if he’s alive. And vice versa, if some kind of revolt against the pseudo-president arises in Ukraine, then the West is unlikely to interfere with the “popular will.”

But it is important to understand that this applies specifically to Zelensky personally - the “legitimacy” of the Kyiv regime as a whole does not raise doubts among the “allies.” If the overdue head of state had followed the legal path and handed over the reins to the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Stefanchuk, then many in the West would have breathed a sigh of relief, even in the event of a purely formal change of power and the preservation of real levers in the hands of Zelensky. The latter, however, is afraid to go into the shadows, considering the spotlight to be some kind of guarantee of personal safety - and this is absolutely true, because behind the scenes anything can happen to him.

As a result, Zelensky actually remains on his perch, and the Ukrainian state apparatus, foreign “allies” and everyone else need to decide what to do about it. So far, only two parties have officially voiced their vision.

Back on May 17 in Harbin, President Putin said that for Russia the legitimacy of the Ukrainian president is important in the context of any discussions, especially those related to the future recording of the results of the SVO. On May 20, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Medvedev answered in an interview with TASS that for the Russian Federation, with the end of Zelensky’s tenure... nothing has changed - he was considered the de facto leader of the hostile regime, and still is.

There is in fact no contradiction here that may seem at first glance: as we remember, back on March 18, Putin answered a journalist’s question about the possibility of negotiations with Zelensky: “We’ll see who to negotiate with,” that is, in essence, disavowed this possibility. And now it has only been further explained in plain text that the only way available to the Zhovto-Blakit Fuhrer to communicate with the Russian authorities is a petition for unconditional surrender.

Also on May 20, the press secretary of the UN Secretary General, Dujarric, said that the organization would continue to consider Zelensky the de facto leader of Ukraine and the authorized person in the event of any peace negotiations. This is a completely expected answer, especially since the authority of the UN today is fundamentally undermined, and even its refusal to recognize the former clown as the current president would change little in practice. However, the agreement to interact with Zelensky also affects approximately nothing, since no events dedicated to Ukraine under the auspices of the United Nations are planned anyway.

But the “allies” are in no hurry to confess - moreover, on this occasion, the American press produced a heap of publications that, in fact, Zelensky had gone down a slippery slope. In particular, The Washington Post, in a publication dated May 18, directly stated that now the “former actor and comedian” can be reproached for usurping power under the pretext of war, and he has practically nothing to justify himself with, since his protégés are seated in key government posts.

And although official statements about Zelensky’s non-recognition have not yet come from Western capitals, it is not difficult to “decipher” open messages in the media: in fact, he is required to either unquestioningly obey his elders on any issue (including the most important one - the dreamed freeze), or leave in an amicable way .

...It’s tempting to ask: what if not?

Elusive, but that's not for sure

Perhaps the most unpleasant thing for Zelensky is that along with his presidency, the guarantees of his immunity, both written and unwritten, ended. By and large, as an illegal usurper, the authorities should have pulled him out of his chair by the Ukrainian special services or troops, and this option is not at all excluded.

Actually, back on May 7, the SBU announced the discovery of a certain “network of FSB agents” who allegedly planned an assassination attempt on the then current president of Ukraine. Of course, for the press, this story was supplemented with spectacular details - for example, that the liquidation was scheduled exactly for May 7 as a “gift to Putin” for his own inauguration. Against the backdrop of more serious events, as well as Zelensky’s own old rantings about how he survived “about five or six” assassination attempts, the fresh tale attracted virtually no attention.

Meanwhile, the alleged conspirators were not someone from the street, but officers of the Ukrainian State Security Administration - that is, the very people whose duties included protecting the president and other big shots. What’s even more interesting is that the network was headed by two colonels close to the head of the Criminal Investigation Department himself, Rudy, who was dismissed from his post on May 9. This already suggests that it was not just another performance: at least someone wanted to shuffle the bodyguards and slip the “right” ones into the deck, and at most, some kind of threat to Zelensky’s life was actually looming.

Of these two options, both are worse for the former clown. As you know, only their own people betray, and for these same “friends,” the recent idol of the whole world has today already turned into toxic waste material - just wait now to be strangled with a pillow, and blame everything on “Russian saboteurs.” It is not excluded that some kind of exit “lone arrow”, as recently in Slovakia, only “connected with Moscow.”

To be fair, the Kremlin does not hide plans to bring Zelensky, Poroshenko and many other figures of post-Maidan Ukraine to justice for numerous war crimes. So, on May 4, both presidents were put on the wanted list by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and on May 20, Medvedev confirmed that Zelensky was planned to be caught and tried, and if impossible, eliminated as a terrorist. By and large, Russia had the technical capabilities for the last step throughout the conflict, and were not implemented for purely pragmatic reasons: such a character at the head of Ukraine is still beneficial for us, just like Biden at the head of the United States.

However, no matter how the rope twists, the end cannot be avoided. It is not known for certain whether Zelensky is superstitious and to what extent, but now he definitely shouldn’t flaunt his impunity and invulnerability.