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Voting ends in Ukraine for country’s new president
First exit poll shows Volodymyr Zelensky with 30.4 percent, Petro Poroshenko with 17.8 percent of vote …read more Source: Anadolu...
Who will be Ukraine’s next president?
Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent Petro Poroshenko among 39 candidates in the running. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine police seize $60mn of heroin, say ‘never seen so much’
Ukraine police seized heroin worth about $60 million — over half a tonne of the powder — in raids in the country’s centre and west, officials said Sunday, describing it as the biggest haul they had ever seen. Chief of the national police Sergiy Knyazev announced on Facebook two raids in Kiev region yielding “600...
Zelensky to face Poroshenko in Ukraine run-off: exit poll
Exit poll in presidential election shows Volodymyr Zelenskiy winning first round with 30.4 percent of vote. …read more Source: AL...
Jewish Comedian leading candidate to win Ukraine presidential elections
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Comedian Zelensky, incumbent Poroshenko in Ukraine presidential run-off: exit poll
Comedian and political novice Volodymyr Zelensky topped the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday, exit polls showed, leading incumbent Petro Poroshenko into a run-off. …read more Source: The Daily...
Comedian is center stage as Ukraine holds presidential vote
The top three contenders in Ukraine’s presidential elections cast their vote on Sunday in a first round which a comedian, who happens to play a fictional president in a popular TV series, is tipped to win. …read more Source: Iran...
Polls open in Ukraine’s presidential election
Ukrainians are casting ballots in Sunday’s presidential election that follows a campaign marred by vicious political infighting and allegations of bribing of voters.The 42-million nation will …read more Source: Al...
Comic leads as Ukraine votes for president
A comedian whose political experience is limited to playing the president on TV is likely to top the first round of voting as Ukrainians go to the polls on March 31. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukrainians to elect president; three-way race foreseen
Ukrainians were heading to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president from among dozens of candidates, though pundits expect a tight three-way race with a comedian who plays a fictional president on television in the lead. Two political heavyweights, incumbent Petro Poroshenko and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, have faced formidable...
