“Wrong. EVERY other party besides Zelensky is banned.”
This is absolutely FALSE. Eleven pro Russian parties were banned. Five of them included left, leftist, or Socialist in their name. However other parties exist and their representatives were voted into office in 2019 as shown in the long chart in this link. The last year with results is 2019, the next election is 2024. Most of those results are near the bottom of the chart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_Ukraine
This next link is a discussion with Ukraine media people about the wartime restrictions, their concerns for possible authoritarianism, but belief that will not be the final result.
pr.org/2022/07/08/1110577439/zelenskyy-has-consolidated-ukraines-tv-outlets-and-dissolved-rival-political-par
“This is absolutely FALSE. Eleven pro Russian parties were banned. Five of them included left, leftist, or Socialist in their name. However other parties exist and their representatives were voted into office in 2019 as shown in the long chart in this link. The last year with results is 2019, the next election is 2024. Most of those results are near the bottom of the chart.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_Ukraine
But, please realize those supporting Putin deal in propaganda not truth.
In the temporarily occupied areas like Lugansk; teachers, civil engineers, hospital staff, and city administrators had to join the party: UNITED RUSSIA. And this was even before the fake referendums.