Section: Singapore
From comic to commander-in-chief: Challenges for new Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky
April 22, 2019 10:27 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine’s election has catapulted Volodymyr Zelensky, a 41-year-old standup comedian and television star with no political experience, into the nation’s top job. …read more Source: The Straits...
Landslide election victory thrusts Ukrainian comedian into limelight
1 hour 2 min agoKIEV – In a popular Ukrainian TV series, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy played a presid …read more Source:...
Comedian wins Ukrainian presidential race by landslide: final exit poll
36 min 49 sec agoKIEV – Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of a president …read more Source:...
Incumbent Poroshenko concedes defeat in Ukrainian presidential vote
1 hour 25 min agoKIEV – Incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday conceded he had been …read more Source:...
Comedian Zelenskiy wins Ukrainian presidential race by landslide: exit poll
49 min 6 sec agoKIEV – Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of a president …read more Source:...
Comic poised to take over presidency in Ukraine vote
April 21, 2019 11:06 PMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainians voted on Sunday (April 21) in a presidential election where a comedian who plays the president on television is expected to defeat the incumbent in a stunning rebuke to the establishment. …read more Source: The Straits...
Fed up with status quo, Ukrainians may elect comedian in presidential run-off
39 min 35 sec agoKIEV – Ukrainians vote on Sunday in the second round of an election that could thrust …read more Source:...
Ukrainian presidential candidates trade insults in final debate before weekend vote
April 20, 2019 10:36 AMKIEV (REUTERS) – The two men vying to be Ukraine’s next president traded insults and accusations in a final raucous debate on Friday (April 19) in front of thousands of supporters ahead of a decisive run-off vote this weekend. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine voters look likely to elect comedian as president
April 20, 2019 5:00 AMZAPORIZHIA (Ukraine) • Ms Zoya Troshina plans to vote for a comedian for president tomorrow. She says she wants peace in her country – “at any price”. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukrainian presidential candidates trade insults in final debate
1 hour 31 min agoKIEV – The two men vying to be Ukraine’s next president traded insults and accus …read more Source:...
