Ukrainians were heading to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president from among dozens of candidates, though pundits expect a tight three-way race with a comedian who plays a fictional president on television in the lead.
Two political heavyweights, incumbent Petro Poroshenko and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, have faced formidable competition from dark horse candidate Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky, 41, has never held a political post. In the popular TV show ‘Servant of the People,’ he plays a history teacher who gains notoriety with a viral video of him bad-mouthing the country’s leadership and then surprisingly is elected.
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Source: Gulf times
