“Election or earthquake?” headlines an analysis in the Kyiv Post by Bohdan Nahaylo, the analyst of Ukrainian politics since the 1980s.

“Election or earthquake?” headlines an analysis in the Kyiv Post by Bohdan Nahaylo, the analyst of Ukrainian politics since the 1980s. “For the first time since the former dissidents ran for president in 1991 in the first election after independence, a strong candidate with a very real chance of winning has emerged from outside the system,” he writes. “Initially a joker in the pack, Zelenskiy represents a massive protest vote and call for change. At this late stage though he has neither elaborated his vision, let alone program nor unveiled his team, fueling suspicion, disdain and even alarm in some quarters.”