IN DEFENSE OF THE FATHERLAND: THE DIPLOMACY OF PRESIDENT VOLODUMYR ZELENSKY IN THE CONDITIONS OF ENCOUNTERING WITH “ORDINARY RASHISM” (FEBRUARY 24 – MAY 9, 2022)

Abstract

The authors testify to the commitment to the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of the real time method (that is, from the shortest time distance) in the research of modern political processes, phenomena, phenomena and, in particular, the latest wars, among which the most relevant is the liberation war of Ukraine against the Russian aggressor. The authors of the article aimed to single out and analyze the peculiarities of the President of Ukraine’s exercise of his constitutional powers related to the representation of the state in interstate relations, the exercise of leadership in foreign policy and, in particular, diplomatic activities, the conduct of negotiations and the conclusion of international treaties during the 75 days of Russian aggression against of Ukraine in the geopolitical environment, which has undergone significant qualitative changes since the beginning of the war. Based on the synergistic paradigm and combining the real time method with factor analysis, it was established: – the Russian full-scale military invasion of Ukraine was prepared by cognitive wars from the ideological positions of rashism (as a product of Russian culture); – the politics and diplomacy of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy contributed to the debunking of Russian myths, the formation of an anti-Putin (anti-Russian) coalition of the states of the civilized world; the powerful presence in Europe of the Ukrainian nation and political leader, who turned out to be the President of Ukraine; – a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine contributes to the further degradation of Russia (as a fragment of the Soviet empire): the war ensures the activation of powerful tools of self-destruction.