Five leaders of the presidential race in Ukraine: short on each - ForumDaily
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Five leaders of the presidential race in Ukraine: briefly about each

The first round of presidential elections in Ukraine will take place on March 31, and there will be 39 candidates on the ballot. However, now sociological research allows us to determine a narrow circle of people whose ratings are far ahead of other participants in the race.

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Bi-bi-si tells everything you need to know about the top 5 presidential candidates in Ukraine: their programs, strengths and weaknesses, their attitude to Russia. As short as possible.

Vladimir Zelensky, 41 year, comedian

Photo: Instagram / zelenskiy_official

The actor who played Napoleon and the president of Ukraine in comedies can become the real president of Ukraine, and this is not a joke.

Biography in 50 words

Born in Krivoy Rog, received a law degree, but never worked a day in his specialty. He played in KVN, but fell out with Alexander Maslyakov and turned his team “95th Quarter” into a successful studio producing humorous shows, comedy films and TV series. In one of them, “Servant of the People,” Zelensky plays a teacher who becomes the president of Ukraine.

Program in 50 words

I am running for president for one term. The first bill is “On Democracy”, so that the people set the tasks of the authorities through referendums. Every businessman will be able to legalize his income for 5%. Each child will be able to accumulate in his or her account income from the state’s sale of natural goods. Monetization of benefits and subsidies. Ukraine should become the world's ecological food supermarket.

Candidate of Russia

“I can’t go there to perform, I just feel bad.”

What helps:

  • The image of a “new, untainted face” in Ukrainian politics.
  • Voters identify him with the honest and uncompromising hero of the series “Servant of the People.”
  • Agitation in the form of concerts of the candidate throughout Ukraine.

What hinders:

  • Lack of experience in political or social activities.
  • Suspicions of links with oligarch Igor Kolomoisky.
  • Information about the business in Russia.

Campaign Slogan: "Let's do this together!"

Form of participation: nomination from the Servant of the People party.

Experience in presidential elections: absent.

 

Petro Poroshenko, 53, President of Ukraine

Фото: Depositphotos

He calls himself Putin’s most unwelcome presidential candidate. Ratings are not so hot, but they say that they have not lost a single choice in their lives.

Biography in 50 words

One of the richest Ukrainians, was the secretary of the Security Council and the head of the Foreign Ministry under Yushchenko, the minister of economics under Yanukovich. The president was unexpected: after Euromaidan, he was more likely elected to the mayor of Kiev. He promised to sell his business and finish the ATO in a few hours. He did not do either of these, but apologized for the last promise.

Program in 50 words

Our mission is EU and NATO membership, we will apply in 2023, we will join as a regional leader. We complete the reforms we have started, and the occupying country will compensate for the losses. We protected not only ourselves, but also the entire European civilization from Russian aggression. Strategic priorities of the economy: agricultural sector, IT sector, industrial development, transport and tourism. Ukraine is Europe.

Candidate of Russia

“Putin is well aware that the loss of Ukraine means the collapse of his plans to restore the empire and return Russia to superpower status.”

What helps:

  • Support from the gubernatorial vertical and mayors of the largest cities.
  • The image of a patriotic statesman, the enemy of Putin, who has equipped the Ukrainian army.
  • Getting a visa-free regime with the EU and autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

What prevents:

  • Great disappointment of Ukrainians in the current government.
  • Accusations of the inadequacy of the fight against corruption, including in the immediate circle of the president.
  • Accusations of inability to end the war in eastern Ukraine.

Campaign Slogan: “We are going our own way!”

Form of participation: self-nomination.

Experience in presidential elections: 2014 year: 54,7% (1-e place).

Yulia Tymoshenko, 58 years, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada

Фото: Depositphotos

She is called the strongest oppositionist in the history of Ukraine. Twice running for president, twice finished second. Under these elections, she spun around.

Biography in 50 words

She entered politics in 1997 from the gas business - she is still called the “gas princess.” She was prime minister twice, twice went to jail on economic charges, and she herself calls these conclusions political. She fought with all the presidents: she initiated the impeachments of Kuchma, Yushchenko, Yanukovych, and now - a month before the elections - Poroshenko.

Program in 50 words

Hundreds of experts worked on the “New Deal for Ukraine” for four years. Russia will compensate for the damage caused to Ukraine. Citizens will be able to change power at any time using referendums, not revolutions. A month after the inauguration, gas prices will fall by half. In five years, salaries will reach Polish levels. The rate on mortgage loans will not exceed 3% per annum.

Candidate of Russia

“The Kremlin is interested in seeing devastation and chaos, corruption and poverty in Ukraine, in a word, Ruin (a reference to the historical period of 1657-1687, when the territory of the Zaporozhian Army was engulfed in internecine wars. - BBC). And the current Ukrainian government is doing everything for this. That is why the current government today is both the hand of the Kremlin and the servant of Moscow.”

What helps:

  • The mobilized “nuclear electorate” has been voting for “our Yulia” for more than a decade.
  • Many years of political experience.
  • An extensive network of party organizations of the Batkivshchyna party.

What prevents:

  • Associations with the “old generation” of politicians.
  • Criticism for the “gas agreements” signed with Vladimir Putin in 2009.
  • Accusations of populism include promises to radically reduce tariffs or return deposits from the USSR Savings Bank to Ukrainians.

Campaign Slogan: “I believe in Ukraine!”

Form of participation: nomination from the Batkivshchyna party.

Experience in presidential elections: 2010: first round - 25% (2nd place), second round - 45,5% (2nd place). 2014: 12,8% (2nd place).

Yuriy Boyko, 60 years, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada

Фото: Depositphotos

The nominee of the largest fragment of the Party of Regions, the desired opponent for any of the “big” candidates in the second round of elections. But it's unlikely to get there.

Biography in 50 words

Born in Gorlovka, registered in Rubezhne (Gorlovka is currently controlled by the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic”). He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology, worked in production, was the head of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and Deputy Prime Minister in the governments of Viktor Yanukovych and Nikolai Azarov. He was a member of the top of the Party of Regions, and later became the leader of one of the influence groups within the “Opposition Bloc” created on its ruins.

Program in 50 words

Kiev will negotiate with all parties to the conflict in the Donbas, the conflict will be stopped exclusively by peaceful means. Return of citizens' access to blocked Russian social networks. We will ensure the economic independence of the regions of Ukraine. Cancellation of pension and medical reform. The return of the 10-year school and the right of citizens to study in their native language. Ukraine will be a neutral and non-aligned state.

Candidate of Russia

“The fact that they are looking for Russian traces everywhere is understandable. Even a decrease in the birth rate of calves in the Nikolaev or Kherson region will soon be considered a Russian trace.”

What helps:

  • Appeals to voters, dissatisfied with the internal policy of the current government.
  • He promises to restore relations with Russia: he arrived in Moscow ten days before the election and met with Dmitry Medvedev.
  • The image of a “strong businessman.”

What prevents:

  • Other strong candidates are also playing in the Boyko electoral field - primarily Alexander Vilkul, supported by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov.
  • Accusations of involvement in the corruption scandal - “Boiko’s towers”.
  • Associations with the “former government”.

Campaign Slogan: “Let’s give Ukrainians back a decent life!”

Form of participation: self-nomination.

Experience in presidential elections: 2014 year: 0,2% (14-e place).

Anatoly Gritsenko, 61 years old, head of the “Civil Position” party

The ex-minister of defense is “spudging up” pro-Western voters who are not ready to support either Tymoshenko, whom he considers an actress, or Poroshenko, whom he promises to imprison.

Biography in 50 words

Former military personnel, he studied in the United States, headed by one of the largest Ukrainian think tanks. Under President Yushchenko, he served as defense minister for two years and worked closely with NATO. Later created his own party. After her unexpected defeat in the parliamentary elections of 2014, he went to the university to teach the author's course on the national security of Ukraine with a symbolic salary.

Program in 50 words

An honest president sets the standard: do as I do. Donbass will be returned without any “special status”. The number of officials will be reduced, but their salaries will increase. They will be polygraphed and provoked into bribes. Medicine prices will be halved. The state guarantees young people their first job. Five years will be enough to complete these tasks.

Candidate of Russia

“The greatest threat to peace on the planet, the greatest factor of destabilization in the world is the Russian Federation.”

What helps:

  • Non-involvement in power over the past years.
  • Support from other “opposition-democratic” candidates who withdrew from the elections in his favor - Andrei Sadovoy and Dmitry Gnap.
  • The image of this colonel.

What prevents:

  • Charges in the sale of military property when he was Minister of Defense.
  • Reproaches of not participating in the fighting in the Donbass.
  • A large number of candidates applying for the potential electorate of Gritsenko.

Campaign Slogan: “More honest ones!”

Form of participation: nomination from the Civic Position party.

Experience in presidential elections: 2010 year: 1,2% (9-e place). 2014 year: 5,5% (4-e place).White

Rating data:

1. Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

Leeчнs interview. The survey was conducted with 14 to 22 March 2019 year. О2004 asked respondentаliving in 126 settlements of all regions of Ukraine. In the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the survey was conducted only in the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. In the Crimea, the survey was not conducted.

The statistical sampling error does not exceed 3,3% for indicators close to 50%, 2,8% for indicators close to 25%, 2,0% for indicators close to 10%, 1,4% for indicators close to 5 %.

2. Center «Social monitoring« and Ukrainianй Institute of Social Studies. A. Yaremenko.

Personal interviews. The survey was conducted from 11 to 18 in March 2019 of the year. Interviewed by 2047 respondents. The statistical error of the sampling 2,2%.

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