Ukrainians go to the polls later this week to elect their sixth president, but there’s little to celebrate. Thirty-eight candidates will face off in the first round. A candidate must win at least fifty percent to win outright, so given the large number of candidates and the current polls, a second round is likely to follow.One could be forgiven for concluding that everything is A-OK in Kyiv after attending just about any think tank event on the election in Washington. Talking heads and experts lavishly praise Ukraine for having “unpredictable” elections, unlike its neighbor Russia.But “unpredictable” on its own does …read more
Source: The American Interest
