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Russians rejoice as their favorite Ukrainian presidential hopeful, a comedian with no political experience, wins first round


Zelensky’s win means a healthy democracy, his Russian fans say.Volodymyr Zelensky (fourth from right), the unexpected frontrunner in Ukrainian presidential elections, tours with District 95, a TV comedy troupe he co-founded in 2003. Photo by Vadim Chuprina, CC 4.0
On March 31, Ukrainians voted on the first round on its presidential elections. This is the seventh time the country will choose its president since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991—and the second since the so-called Revolution of Dignity unseated then-president Viktor Yanukovich and elected Petro Poroshenko by a landslide amid a looming war with Russia over the breakaway …read more

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