If Volodymyr Zelensky dies throughout his nation’s struggle in opposition to Russia, Ruslan Stefanchuk could be the following particular person in line to guide. Stefanchuk, because the Ukrainian Pravda says, will not be solely the chief of the Ukrainian Parliment, but in addition a member of the identical celebration as Zelensky: Servant of the Folks. Because the starting of the Ukraine-Russia warfare Stefanchuk has visited neighboring international locations for relationship-building functions. In December 2022 he visited Lithuania to strengthen ties there. In Could 2023, he headed to Poland to apologize for the 80-year-old, World Battle II Volhynia Bloodbath. In July 2023 he visited Latvia, which has equipped Ukraine with weapons and ammo within the warfare in opposition to Russia.
These sorts of thankless missions aren’t simple to drag off, and may be a part of the rationale why the Ukrainian Pravda says that Stefanchuk isn’t too well-regarded amongst Ukrainians. Regardless, on Politico Adrian Karatnycky of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Middle says that it wouldn’t matter if Stefanchuk turned president as a result of “there’s a powerful management workforce and I believe we might see collective authorities.” Stefanchuk could be extra of a figurehead, whereas true management could be cut up between the Head of the Workplace of the President Andrii Yermak, International Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Protection Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny, and possibly much-loved “TV character” and philanthropist Serhiy Prytula — maybe as a PR-type particular person.