Levochkin promotes the Klitschko-Lyashko fight
Representatives of the Radical Party have begun to promote themselves by fighting land fraud in Kyiv, where the capital's authorities are playing along.
Ahead of the upcoming parliamentary re-elections, the Kyiv City Council has become an important venue for political spectacle, featuring brawls, cursing, and other events that are eye-catching for the average citizen. This is despite the fact that the Kyiv City Council has a clear pro-mayor majority, consisting of a single faction, UDAR-Solidarity. The prelude to future clashes was the Kyiv City Council session on September 4, 2014, when land issues were on the agenda. Radical Party deputy Ihor Mosiychuk (essentially the only recognizable "radical" besides party leader Oleh Lyashko, famous for his affiliation with the Azov volunteer battalion) demanded that all land use issues be removed from the session, claiming that now was not the time for them, given the ongoing war. In response, Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged everyone "not to react to the comments of deputies who came today for publicity, even wearing military uniforms." After which, Mosiychuk, shouting "I fought there, scum!", rushed toward the presidium, fists raised, but the "UDAR" deputies blocked his path, and a scuffle ensued. Klitschko called a recess, and the escalation of the conflict subsided. Although it's almost certain that the show will continue soon.
The Kyiv mayor had previously been partial to the fighting qualities of "radicals." For example, in August 2014, when Oleh Lyashko clashed behind the scenes in the Verkhovna Rada with Oleksandr Shevchenko, an independent MP from PrivatBank and former director of Bukovel, Vitali Klitschko couldn't resist making some very professional boxing comments. "This is a classic knockdown. Mr. Lyashko is very unlucky. First, they throw him over the railings in the Rada, and now he's been punched in the face. In my opinion,
Lyashko continues to create the image of a “rabid fighter”
for justice" against all who trample on it, justice
"In my opinion, he behaved inappropriately and provoked the situation himself," the capital's mayor couldn't hide his irony. Now Klitschko himself has been confronted with the inappropriate and provocative behavior of Mosiychuk, the second-ranking member of the Radicals. This means that a serious showdown is brewing between the UDAR and Lyashko factions in the context of the election campaign, and a skirmish with the hulking Mosiychuk could easily pass for an official weigh-in, as is customary at boxing shows. But the problem is that both UDAR and the Radical Party are friends with the same political figure—Serhiy Lyovochkin, head of the Presidential Administration during Viktor Yanukovych's presidency. It appears that the fight between Klitschko and Lyashko is purely staged, simultaneously distracting the public from the personality and interests of its main promoter.
What, exactly, is Lyovochkin trying to achieve with this? First, he needs to create the impression that Lyashko is attacking more than just Ihor Kolomoisky and his associates, being merely a separate "combat unit" within the PrivatBank's information war against the Gas Workers. The "Radicals" continue to be portrayed as "rabid fighters for justice" against all who trample upon it. Furthermore, Lyashko's willingness to "pitchfork" Klitschko, whose close ties to the Firtash party are now almost taken for granted by many, should serve as a clear refutation to the public of the Radical Party's organizational and financial ties to Lyovochkin. Second, through their "radical" activity, the Gas Workers are bargaining with Petro Poroshenko, whose official ally is UDAR. If Lyashko's imitation of wrestling causes serious damage to Klitschko's reputation, scandalous splatter will also fly in the direction of the President.
Thirdly, Lyashko and his comrades have recently lost the opportunity to promote themselves in the anti-terrorist operation zone in Donbas, which was the main focus of their election campaign. And here the "radicals" are understandable: dying in the "cauldron" near Ilovaisk is not like posing with captured separatists following the advancing army during the victorious ATO. So, to maintain his party's ratings before the elections, Lyashko desperately needs a clear enemy and a fight against it, and the corruption surrounding the allocation of the most expensive land in the capital is precisely that. The only problem is that, aside from the Kyiv City Council, the Radical Party has virtually no representation in other local councils in Ukraine. Moreover, the names of its members mean little to voters, except for Lyashko himself and, at a stretch, Mosiychuk, the "capital fighter." Therefore, one can conclude that the "radicals'" fight against corruption will not take place in every city and village across the country, but only in the Kyiv City Council, in the form of a reality show. Incidentally, the broadcast of the Klitschko-Lyashko fight by Levochkin's media outlets is guaranteed.
Ivan Malyshko, Business capital
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