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Hungry for change, Ukrainians set to elect comedian as next president
Ukrainians fed up with entrenched corruption and hungry for change are likely to elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no previous political experience, as their next president in a run-off vote on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine election rivals trade taunts and media tricks
A TV comic is tipped to become Ukrainian president, but his rival is a political heavyweight. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Zelensky has plenty of form, but little substance
Voters hoping for change risk being disappointed by the frontrunner comedian …read more Source: Financial...
Donbass: true lies from the Ukrainian frontline
Sergey Loznitsa’s absurdist satire of the Russian propaganda machine falls foul of a similar selective storytelling, writes former Moscow correspondent Shaun WalkerDonbass, unlike much of Ukrainian director Sergey Loznitsa’s previous work, is a feature film, not a documentary. But most scenes in the movie, which deals with the...
Mutual friends and borrowed cars: how Ukraine’s would-be leader is linked to tycoon
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, front runner to be the next Ukrainian president, has connections to one of the country’s wealthiest tycoons that are undermining his image as an insurgent who will sweep aside the powerful moneyed elite. …read more Source:...
Comedian Zelenskiy would win second round of Ukraine vote, poll shows
The presidential candidate and comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy is likely to win Ukraine’s presidential election, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko 2.0: Ukraine leader reboots campaign ahead of presidential run-off
Flanked by rock musicians wearing yellow overalls and black t-shirts with skulls on them, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko pumped his fist, danced to the music and waved to supporters outside a soccer stadium in Kiev on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Millionaire mother, 34, who abducted her two British daughters and took them to Ukraine
Anna Tigipko was supported in her legal battle by her father, former Ukrainian vice-prime minister Sergiy Tigipko (inset). Her ex-husband, from London, is fighting for the children to be returned …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine candidate ‘to attend debate’ after ‘tricking’ president
The surprise victor in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections is expected to attend a future TV debate, officials have said. …read more Source: Sky...
