Newly-elected President Zelenskyy and his team have mired themselves in controversy by mulling the possibility of snap local elections - something there are no legal grounds for. This would allow Zelenskyy, whose party now holds a majority in parliament, to consolidate his power even further. Although it is not clear yet whether the snap elections could happen, the fight for power in the capital Kyiv has already started - from attempts to weaken the powers of mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
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"I would not say that there is a terrible conflict between Kholodov and Tkachenko. However, both of them regularly come to the Office of the President and 'sell' their candidacies," Ukrainska Pravda quotes its source in the President's Office.While the situation is not resolved, Klitschko and Bohdan continue to exchange diatribes with each other. Bohdan has claimed he was offered a piece of $40 mn of revenue from a corruption scheme in exchange for Klitschko keeping his position, to which Klitschko responded by filing a claim to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Meanwhile, Klitschko said that the President's Office had put forward a condition for him remaining head of the city administration - if he demonstrates "effective work in combating corruption." Kyiv has always been important for politicians not only in terms of power. It has been a savory morsel for construction companies, with which city heads had often gotten in bed with. During his term, Klitschko created an image of a European mayor caring for his city for himself. Still, despite the declared fight against illegal construction, he has often been caught protecting them.