“I think this is a very expected event, as the new Ukrainian authorities in the person of Zelensky and his team have long declared war on Vitali Klitschko ... I’m not sure that the case will go beyond the announcement of a criminal proceeding. The fact of this criminal proceeding harms Klitschko’s electoral image. And this news serves as another occasion for criticism of Klitschko ... Therefore, now he will have to make excuses. I doubt that he will be able to take an offensive but not an offensive position, ”the political scientist believes.

Earlier it became known that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings against Klitschko and his two deputies on the fact of possible treason and theft of budget funds.