‘Thanks for all the Ukrainians who did not cast their vote as a joke,’ comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as he took the lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election. Zelenskiy, 41, who plays a fictional president in a popular TV show, has consistently led opinion polls in a three-horse race against incumbent Petro Poroshenko and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. He has no political experience but has risen on a popular message of anti-corruption. ‘People are above all for me, [they are more important] than political activity and ambitions’. According to a preliminary exit poll, two hours …read more
Source: The Guardian
