Polls open in Ukraine's presidential election that pits the incumbent against a popular comedian and a former prime minister.
An electoral worker holds a ballot box at a polling station, during the presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, March. 31, 2019.
Opinion polls have shown comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leading the field with President Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko trailing behind by a broad margin. Poroshenko, a confectionary tycoon whose popularity has sunk amid Ukraine’s economic woes and a sharp plunge in living standards, has been accused of turning a blind eye on corruption. Ultra-right activists have shadowed him throughout the campaign, demanding the jailing of Poroshenko’s associates who are accused of involvement in a military embezzlement scheme.
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