Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Comedian rips up the play book in Ukraine election success
KIEV (Reuters) – As a comedian, TV host and actor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows how to start a show with a bang. He proved that by beating all comers in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election. …read more Source: The...
Family of MH17 victim sues Russian, US companies
The family of an American teenager killed aboard the MH17 flight launched a court case on Thursday against Russian banks and US money transfer companies for helping to finance pro-Moscow separatists accused of shooting it down over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Family of American killed in downed MH17 jet sues Russia banks, money-transfer firms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed a lawsuit on Thursday against U.S.-based money transfer companies and two Russian banks they accuse of providing services to the group they blame for striking Flight MH17. …read more Source: The...
Comedian faces scrutiny over oligarch ties in Ukraine presidential race
KIEV (Reuters) – Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is leading the race to become Ukraine’s next president thanks to an insurgent campaign that rails against corrupt politicians influenced by rich oligarchs. …read more Source: The...
Vote count confirms comic's lead in Ukraine elections
KIEV (Reuters) – A comedian with no political experience raced ahead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, offering a fresh face to voters fed up with entrenched corruption in a country on the frontline of the West’s standoff with Russia. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says election was free, met global standards
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said the first round of Sunday’s presidential election was free and met international standards. …read more Source: The...
Comedian Zelenskiy takes lead in Ukraine presidential election – exit poll
KIEV (Reuters) – The first exit poll in Ukraine’s presidential election showed comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy winning the first round with 30.4 percent of the vote, and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko coming in second place with 17.8 percent. …read more Source: The...
Comedian in front as curtain rises on Ukrainian presidential election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians will cast their ballots in a presidential election on Sunday in which a comedian with no political experience and who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series is tipped to win the first round. …read more Source: The...
Timeline: Events in Ukraine's political history since 1991
KIEV (Reuters) – A comedian with no political experience is tipped to win the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday amid discontent over corruption and five years of war against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. …read more Source: The...
Out of the police cell and into the polling station: Ukraine's election monitors
KIEV (Reuters) – Andriy Verbetskiy is not a typical election observer. Just days before Sunday’s presidential vote in Ukraine, he was leading several hundred members of an ultra-nationalist group called the National Militia in a protest that ended in clashes with police. …read more Source: The...
