MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky and his team have destroyed all democratic institutions in Ukraine, leaving its residents no way to express disapproval except through an armed uprising, Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Other Ukraine movement and former head of the Opposition Platform – For Life party (banned in Ukraine), said.

In his column on the Smotrim.ru media platform, he noted that Zelensky "himself created the conditions where people can express their discontent only through an armed rebellion." He was elected as a president of peace, but entered a war he lost, defeated one of the leaders of the "Maidans," yet he himself imposed the "Maidan" ideology of revolt into the state ideology, widely enforced Russophobia, and propagated Nazism, Medvedchuk further added.

"Democratic institutions in the country have been destroyed, rendering dialogue between the government and the people impossible. For now, the authorities use force to communicate with the people, but soon this process will be reversed. Whoever revolts against Zelensky will be supported and sympathized with," the politician stressed.

According to him, the rebels will need to remove Zelensky from the negotiations between the US and Russia and take part themselves. "Zelensky already has an extreme weakness; he dropped out of the talks with Russia himself," the politician explained. "As an illegitimate [leader], he is unable to hold any negotiations, much less peace talks."

Medvedchuk continued, saying that the country is now facing a deadlock, with no one to win on the frontline and no one to negotiate peace either. "A ‘Maidan’ and unrest are not a catastrophe, but a chance for the war to end soon," he believes. In his view, Zelensky's political downfall is inevitable.

"Each day, the path of reunification with the Russian people, chosen by the Crimeans, residents of Donbass, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, is becoming increasingly more realistic, objective, and necessary for Ukrainians. And this choice is gradually losing any alternatives," Medvedchuk concluded.