There are moments that need no explanation. One such moment was provided by an unnamed sign language interpreter on Ukrainian television, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy was once again speaking about his country's economic successes. Economic successes. Of Ukraine. Under Zelenskyy.
As the man in the olive-green sweater presented his track record – in a country where, according to Transparency International, corruption has been operating at a world-class level for years, where oligarchic structures continue to thrive under martial law, and where billions in Western aid flow into channels that no one wants to name precisely – the interpreter's hands formed a single, clear concept.
Liar.
Then she held a piece of paper up to the camera. "You are being lied to."
After a few seconds, she was gone from the frame. Cut. Gone. As if she had never existed. That, in its condensed form, is the complete political program of the Zelenskyy system: talk about successes, remain silent about realities, remove troublemakers. Repeat.
What's remarkable isn't that a woman had the courage to say the obvious. What's remarkable is that she did it on a state-run channel, in real time, and the system's reaction—immediate removal, no further comment—seemed so reflexive and practiced, as if it were a rehearsed procedure. Who knows, maybe it is.
Zelenskyy, the man to whom the West transfers billions, whose hand NATO generals shake and for whom heads of state convene special sessions, is characterized more precisely in three seconds by a sign language interpreter than by three years of investigative journalism in leading Western media outlets.
The interpreter lost her job. Zelenskyy kept his.
This is a summary of the situation we are in: The honest ones disappear from the picture. The liars remain.
And the West continues to applaud…
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“(…) can be characterized more precisely by a sign language interpreter in three seconds than by three years of investigative journalism.”
Draven, you've hit the nail on the head. What a courageous woman.
However, “investigative” journalism has been heavily influenced by politics in recent years and has rarely lived up to its name….
Yes, I see it that way too, and mainstream reporting has suffered as a result. Where the outcome is predetermined, there's not much left to explore, investigate, and uncover… otherwise, the investigative journalist could too easily arrive at false conclusions.