The Kremlin has a bone to pick with the editors of Time magazine, contending Thursday that the choice of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as their 2022 “Person of the Year” was an exercise in Russophobia.
The choice was widely hailed in the West as the Ukrainian leader, a one-time comedian and sitcom actor, shot to global prominence for his leadership in Kyiv and defiance of Russian forces that invaded his country in February.
But Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told reporters Thursday in a briefing that the selection reflected trendy Western opinions about the war and an innate hostility to all things Russian.