In the U.S., Zelensky was described in one word after his interview with Friedman
January 8, 2025
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January 8, 2025
The General Director of “Ukrposhta,” Ihor Smilyansky, suggested issuing a postage stamp featuring the word “х@йня” following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s explicit interview.
Smilyansky shared his proposal on his Facebook and Telegram pages.
“While you are voting for the best stamp of 2024, we are already pondering the first issues for 2025. After the president’s interview, I thought, why not continue the series ‘Russian Warship, Go…!’ with a stamp ‘The Budapest Memorandum is х@йня.’ What do you think—would it be popular?” he asked his followers.
He also attached a proposed design for the stamp—a photo of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, and British Prime Minister John Major, with Zelensky photoshopped into the image.
While some followers praised the idea and expressed excitement, others criticized it, commenting that both the president’s public use of profanity and a state company replicating such language were, to put it mildly, in poor taste.
It is worth recalling that Zelensky used this explicit term to describe the memorandum during his interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman.
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