Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
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...
Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukrainian clown or political wonder boy?
April 19, 2019 11:09 AMKIEV (AFP) – Volodymyr Zelensky, a 41-year-old politically inexperienced comedian who is on track to become Ukraine’s next president, stirs strong feelings. …read more Source: The Straits...
Hungry for change, Ukrainians are up for a risky choice
April 15, 2019 6:11 PMBERLIN – With a comedian as frontrunner, oligarchs’ pulling strings from behind and candidates having their blood drawn in public for drug testing before a scheduled TV showdown in Kiev’s Olympic stadium, Ukraine’s ongoing presidential election campaign has been a huge spectacle. …read more...
London police open fire in Ukraine embassy car crash
April 13, 2019 10:49 PMLONDON (AFP) – Police opened fire outside Ukraine’s embassy in London on Saturday (April 13) after a vehicle repeatedly rammed into the ambassador’s parked car, the mission said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ex-Obama lawyer Greg Craig charged in Mueller spin-off probe
April 12, 2019 3:12 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Greg Craig, a former White House counsel in the Obama administration, was charged on Thursday (April 11) with lying about work he performed in 2012 for Ukraine in a case that grew out of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. …read more Source: The Straits...
Family of American killed in downed MH17 jet sues Russia banks, money-transfer firms
April 04, 2019 11:26 PMNEW YORK (REUTERS) – The family of an American killed when a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed a lawsuit on Thursday (April 4) against US-based money transfer companies and two Russian banks they accuse of providing services to the group they blame for striking Flight MH17. …read...
Ukraine police seize $81 million of heroin, say ‘never seen so much’
April 01, 2019 8:29 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine police seized heroin worth about US$60 million (S$81 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. …read more Source: The Straits...
Comedian is front runner as curtain rises on Ukraine presidential polls
April 01, 2019 5:00 AMKIEV • Ukrainians yesterday voted in a presidential election 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 Straits...
Comedian takes early lead in Ukraine presidential vote
April 01, 2019 3:57 AMKIEV (REUTERS) – A comedian with a popular anti-corruption message but no political experience took the lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday (March 31), early exit polls showed. …read more Source: The Straits...
Comedian Zelenskiy ahead of race as curtain rises on Ukrainian presidential election
March 31, 2019 4:19 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Ukrainians began voting in a presidential election on Sunday (March 31) 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 Straits...
