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Ukraine after the 2019 Presidential Election: A New Beginning?

Sat, November 14, 10:00 to 11:30am, Virtual Convention Platform, Room 7

Session Submission Type: Panel

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Ukraine’s 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections have radically changed the country’s political situation. Under President Petro Poroshenko, many reforms in various spheres were launched but never completed. Some of these reforms, such as the anti-corruption initiative, have failed. As a result, Ukrainian society has faced many problems. The accumulated problems caused the so-called “electoral Maidan” in 2019.
Volodymyr Zelensky’s victory reveals a high level of anti-elite attitudes in Ukrainian society. A sharp drop in living standards, combined with disappointment that the second Maidan revolution of 2014 caused no fundamental changes in the system of government, also contributed to the result.
But was Zelensky’s victory a turning point in Ukrainian politics? What threats does “the Zelensky phenomenon” pose to Ukrainian democracy? Did the change of state power in Ukraine lead to a change in the oligarchs’ political influence? How threatening are temporary labor migration and depopulation to the country? What further developments can be expected in the Donbas? Will those responsible for the deaths on Maidan be brought to justice? What are the prospects for Ukraine’s European integration against the backdrop of Brexit and the crisis in the European Union? How does Ukrainian society see the country’s key problems? We plan to discuss these and other issues in our panel.

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