A comedian with no political experience was poised to win the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections as disillusionment with the political elite simmers
A comedian with no political experience was poised to win the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections Sunday as disillusionment with the political elite simmers in Europe’s second poorest country ahead of a likely runoff vote.
In a ballot watched closely by Russia and the West, Volodymyr Zelensky, who plays a teacher-turned-president in a hit TV series, garnered 30.4% of the vote, according to a national exit poll by a group of pollsters led by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation think tank in Kiev. The incumbent,...
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