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Comedian takes on incumbent in Ukraine presidential runoff vote
The two finalists in the weekend’s Ukrainian presidential election, President Petro Poroshenko and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, are set to debate Friday evening in Kiev’s Olympic Stadium, capping a bitter, unusual campaign season. …read more Source: France...
Fed up with status quo, Ukrainians may elect comedian in presidential run-off
Ukrainians vote on Sunday in the second round of an election that could thrust a comedian with no prior political experience into the presidency of a country at war and wanting transformational change. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Zelenskiy outshines Poroshenko ahead of runoff vote
Television comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is on course to become president of Ukraine. His election campaign lacked substance — but it was both aggressive and successful. So what are his plans for the country? …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukrainians set to vote for new president
The people of Ukraine go to the polls today in a run-off election between the serving President, Petro Poroshenko, and comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine election: Voters to choose between comedian and president
Television comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is favourite at the polls against incumbent Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Candidates clash ahead of presidential poll
Ukraine’s rival presidential candidates hold a long-awaited head-to-head televised debate. …read more Source:...
Putting the east in Easter: Ukrainian decorated eggs – in pictures
Pysanka is the Ukrainian tradition of egg decoration at Easter. Pysanky are created using a batik method: the eggs are covered in wax and then dyed. In 1968, Erast Binyashevsky published The Ukrainian Pysanka, the first book to detail the practice, documenting regional styles in watercolour illustrations. “Binyashevsky was important because his...
Ukraine election set to deliver damning verdict on traditional politics
Likely election of comedian Zelenskiy will be the result of an anti-establishment vote“There’s a 90% chance he’ll be a disaster, but I’m going to vote for him anyway,” said Alyona Sych, a 36-year-old nurse, strolling through Kyiv in the spring sunshine and explaining why she plans to vote for an untested actor and comedian in...
Fighting ramps up in Ukraine’s Donbas ahead of presidential elections
Ukraine goes to the polls on Sunday amid an uptick in fighting in the eastern Donbas region, where two Russian-backed republics broke away in 2015. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg and Jonathan Walsh report. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine’s TV star turned politician could uproot corrupt elites
Petro Poroshenko will have managed to pull off something pretty close to a miracle if he manages to beat his rival Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Sunday’s presidential election run-off vote. …read more Source: Sky...
