Dec 13, 2022 08:17 PM
https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-defend...on-1766012
EXCERPTS: In the 10 months since the Russian invasion of his country, Volodymyr Zelensky has been transformed into the second coming of Winston Churchill. TIME recently named him its "Person of the Year" in what the magazine conceded was a pretty easy call...
That sort of extravagant paean to the t-shirt-wearing former comedian is typical of the treatment Zelensky gets in the mainstream media. And he's used it to good effect as the Biden administration has poured massive sums of U.S. taxpayer money into Ukraine...
[...] the willingness of much of the world to rally around Zelensky is a natural reaction to Russian President Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion and the Ukrainians' brave fight to preserve their independence. Combine that with Zelensky's skill at public relations, which has led many to regard any criticism of him or his government as Russian propaganda.
Yet a closer look at life in Zelensky's Ukraine reveals that it is not the paragon of democracy and Western values that everyone seems to think it is. Ukraine is a deeply corrupt country with wealthy oligarchs playing the same role there as they do in Putin's Russia. Using the war as an excuse, Zelensky has banned his political opposition and shut down all media not controlled by his regime.
The latest example of his authoritarian style is even more egregious. Zelensky's attempt to bar Orthodox churches that answer to the Russian Orthodox Church ought to dispel any notion that Americans are supporting Western values of freedom in this war... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: In the 10 months since the Russian invasion of his country, Volodymyr Zelensky has been transformed into the second coming of Winston Churchill. TIME recently named him its "Person of the Year" in what the magazine conceded was a pretty easy call...
That sort of extravagant paean to the t-shirt-wearing former comedian is typical of the treatment Zelensky gets in the mainstream media. And he's used it to good effect as the Biden administration has poured massive sums of U.S. taxpayer money into Ukraine...
[...] the willingness of much of the world to rally around Zelensky is a natural reaction to Russian President Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion and the Ukrainians' brave fight to preserve their independence. Combine that with Zelensky's skill at public relations, which has led many to regard any criticism of him or his government as Russian propaganda.
Yet a closer look at life in Zelensky's Ukraine reveals that it is not the paragon of democracy and Western values that everyone seems to think it is. Ukraine is a deeply corrupt country with wealthy oligarchs playing the same role there as they do in Putin's Russia. Using the war as an excuse, Zelensky has banned his political opposition and shut down all media not controlled by his regime.
The latest example of his authoritarian style is even more egregious. Zelensky's attempt to bar Orthodox churches that answer to the Russian Orthodox Church ought to dispel any notion that Americans are supporting Western values of freedom in this war... (MORE - missing details)
