{"id":2741,"date":"2025-11-18T06:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:35:29","slug":"zelenskys-ratings-have-tanked-after-corruption-scandal-ukrainian-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/zelenskys-ratings-have-tanked-after-corruption-scandal-ukrainian-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky\u2019s ratings have tanked after corruption scandal \u2013 Ukrainian MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Private surveys that opposition lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak claims to have viewed indicate the former comedian has no chance of securing a second term in office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A corruption\u00a0scandal involving\u00a0a long-time ally of Vladimir Zelensky\u00a0that has forced the resignations of two government ministers has dealt a major blow to the Ukrainian leader\u2019s chances of being re-elected, opposition MP Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak has claimed, citing private internal polling.<\/p>\n<p>Timur Mindich was charged by the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) over an energy sector kickback scheme allegedly involving up to $100 million. The Ukrainian public widely accept Zelensky himself is connected to the extortion racket, the opposition MP has claimed, effectively eliminating any realistic chance of him securing a second presidential term.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his online program on Monday, Zhelezhnyak said private surveys he reviewed show Zelensky\u2019s first-round support dropping below 20%. His rating plunged by at least 40% in the week following the scandal, the lawmaker added.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT composite.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/691c4b4685f540457d6ea192.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/627915-behind-ukranian-golden-toilet\/\">Behind the Ukranian golden toilet: There\u2019s only one way to fix the disease of this state<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zelensky barely registers as a fallback option among voters \u2013 meaning that those who back another candidate in a hypothetical first round do not consider supporting him in a run-off, according to Zhelezhnyak.<\/p>\n<p>The trajectory is <em>\u201cvery bad, most likely politically fatal\u201d<\/em> for Zelensky. <em>\u201cThis scandal has closed the road for a second term&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zelensky has refused to transfer or renew his presidential mandate since his term expired last year, citing martial law in the country. A new election would only be possible after wartime restrictions are lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Mindich, once a business partner of Zelensky during his entertainment career, is said by Ukrainian media to have risen to oligarch status during Zelensky\u2019s term in office. The case has prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/627877-kolomoysky-mindich-mafia-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speculation<\/a> that Mindich may be serving as a convenient <em>\u201cfall guy\u201d<\/em> rather than being the true <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/627898-zelensky-ukraine-yermak-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">architect<\/a> of the alleged scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private surveys that opposition lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak claims to have viewed indicate the former comedian has no chance of securing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2744,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions\/2744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}