Editing Volodymyr Zelenskyy

{{Infobox politician|name=Volodymyr Zelenskyy|native_name=Володимир Олександрович Зеленський|birth_place=Kryviy Rih, [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991)|Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|image=Volodymyr Zelenskyy.png|nationality=Ukrainian|political_line=[[Populism]]}}

'''Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy''' is the current president of [[Ukraine]]. He was elected on the basis of ending the War in [[Donbass]], but considering the fact that the war has only escalated, it's clear that Zelenskyy does not hold actual power.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Alexander Rubinstein]] and [[Max Blumenthal]]|date=2022-03-04|title=How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/04/nazis-ukrainian-war-russia/|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]}}</ref>

== Political career==
Prior to office, he was an actor who played the role of President of Ukraine on a television show. He won the 2019 election against the unpopular [[Petro Poroshenko]] with 73% of the vote, but his approval rating dropped to 23% by January 2022 due to his [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] economic reforms. He shut down three opposition news outlets in February 2021.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Natylie Baldwin|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]|title=The real Zelensky: from celebrity populist to unpopular Pinochet-style neoliberal|date=2022-04-28|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2022/04/28/zelensky-celebrity-populist-pinochet-neoliberal/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020121347/https://thegrayzone.com/2022/04/28/zelensky-celebrity-populist-pinochet-neoliberal/|archive-date=2022-10-20|retrieved=2022-10-30}}</ref> 

==Russo-Ukrainian War==
The [[National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine|National Security and Defense Council]], led by Zelenskyy, banned 11 opposition parties in March 2022. In June 2022, only four out of 55 [[Africa|African]] leaders attended his video conference.<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=Only 4 of 55 African leaders attend Zelensky call, showing neutrality on Ukraine and Russia|date=2022-06-25|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/25/only-4-of-55-african-leaders-attend-zelensky-call-showing-neutrality-on-ukraine-and-russia/|retrieved=2022-06-25}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Politicians]]