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A comedian leads the Ukrainian elections, Turkey’s president has taken a hit in his, and the Pope criticises leaders who put up walls to keep migrants out. …read more Source: Radio New...
TV president Volodymyr Zelenskiy close to becoming President of Ukraine
Ant-corruption comedian candidate leading, will likely face a runoff election against current president. …read more Source:...
Fictional Ukrainian president poised to become the real thing
At a Soviet-era circus theatre just days before Ukraine’s presidential election, the front-runner in the race held his audience rapt with a mix of “boob” jokes and vaguely patriotic songs.”What’s my favourite sex pose?” comedian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
From satire to polls surge: Comedian leads Ukraine’s presidential race
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy plays a normal citizen who becomes president on TV. Now, he’s won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections. …read more Source: Radio New...
Comedian takes lead in Ukraine presidential election
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, holds his ballot before voting at a polling station, during the presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo: AP A comedian with no political experience was the top vote-getter in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, an exit poll predicted, but said he fell well...
Ukraine could be about to vote in a comedian and TV sitcom star as leader
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no political experience, was the top vote-getter in Ukraine’s presidential election, an exit poll predicted.It said he fell well short of the absolute majority needed to win outright in the first… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Crimea to mark 5th anniversary of annexation
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the fifth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine by visiting the Black Sea peninsula on Monday, as NATO and the European Union once again strongly condemned the land grab.Putin… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Europa League: Olivier Giroud’s hat-trick sends Chelsea through to quarterfinals
French striker celebrates his 50th European competition game by scoring three goals in a 5-0 rout of Dynamo Kiev. …read more Source:...
President Vladimir Putin’s terrifying ‘retirement’ plan: Forcing a ‘unification’ with Belarus
The dominoes are once again beginning to fall in Europe. Crimea. Ukraine. Georgia. And it’s all because Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t believe in nation states. Except, perhaps, his own.Putin has stated that “completely… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian leader assails Ukraine Orthodox church reform
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has criticized Ukraine’s move to set up a new Orthodox church independent from Moscow and promised to defend religious freedom.Earlier this month, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
