One of the first things Zelensky did after Russia invaded was to outlaw all other political parties.
The U.S. government is fully supportive of this one party state.
It's all realpolitik. Our leaders would never let a country's system of government override its usefulness to us. The Cold War is awash with examples of us supporting terrible dictators who aligned with us against the USSR.
> One of the first things Zelensky did after Russia invaded was to outlaw all other political parties.
That assertion appears to be an exaggeration from what I can tell. Can you back up your statement that all other parties were banned, as opposed to some?
> Late last year, Zelenskyy announced Poroshenko was being investigated for treason, and this past March, 11 political parties were suspended and any of their elected members dismissed from office for being pro-Russian. Most were fringe, but one party had nearly 10% of seats in Ukraine's Parliament.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110577439/zelenskyy-has-cons...
Certainly banning some is starting down a path, but there is a big difference between All and Some. Particularly in the context of a country being invaded.
The consolidation and control of television outlets in Ukraine by Zelensky is also worth noting, of course.
You're right, it's not all. I must have mis-remembered.
Though I'll note that a lot of the states we consider to be "One Party" actually do allow controlled opposition parties, they just never let them gain actual power. With Ukraine banning its second largest party, Zelensky's party goes from about 40% to about 60%, and wouldn't need to form a coalition government.
> Zelensky's party goes from about 40% to about 60%, and wouldn't need to form a coalition government.
Can you cite your source for that information? I can't seem to find anything which matches it.
Based on below it appears they had a ~56% majority in the last election. Has there been a change in the composition since then?
"In the 21 July 2019 parliamentary election, Zelenskyy's political party, Servant of the People, won the first single-party majority in modern Ukrainian history in parliament, with 43 per cent of the party-list vote. His party gained 254 of the 424 seats.[113]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
The U.S. government is fully supportive of this one party state.
It's all realpolitik. Our leaders would never let a country's system of government override its usefulness to us. The Cold War is awash with examples of us supporting terrible dictators who aligned with us against the USSR.