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Apr21

Zelenskiy Campaign Optimistic As Ukrainians Vote In Second-Round Presidential Poll

Sunday, April 21 , 2019 - 18:21 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Voting appears to be proceeding smoothly in Ukraine’s presidential runoff, in which incumbent President Petro Poroshenko is facing a strong challenge from political outsider Volodymyr Zelenskiy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Apr21

Poroshenko And Zelenskiy Cast Ballots In Presidnetial Runoff Vote

Sunday, April 21 , 2019 - 18:00 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his political rival, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, cast ballots at Kyiv polling stations in Ukraine’s April 21 presidential runoff vote. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Apr21

Ukraine Holds Runoff Presidential Election

Sunday, April 21 , 2019 - 17:15 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

Voters in Ukraine went to the polls Sunday to elect the country’s next president. The runoff vote pits incumbent President Petro Poroshenko agaisnt Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a standup comic who plays a fictional president in popular television series. The 41-year-old Zelenskiy, who has no political experience, is heavily favored to defeat...

Apr21

Inside The Soviet KGB’s Secret War On Western Books

Sunday, April 21 , 2019 - 17:15 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

A newly declassified 1979 memo gives intriguing details about the Ukrainian KGB’s efforts to thwart a “plot by Western security agencies” to undermine the Soviet Union by importing subversive literature into the country under the framework of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Apr21

Luckily for the Trump Team, Campaign-Finance Laws Are Hard to Break

Sunday, April 21 , 2019 - 13:21 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

Campaign-finance law may be one of the few areas of the law where ignorance is bliss. In Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s February 2018 indictment of Russian operatives, he stated that Russians talked to unwitting individuals associated with the Trump campaign. The open question over the past year was whether there was any intentional...

Apr21

Incumbent or Comedian? Ukrainians Choose a President

Sunday, April 21 , 2019 - 12:01 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

Polls opened Sunday in Ukraine’s presidential runoff as the nation’s incumbent leader struggles to fend off a strong challenge by a comedian who denounces corruption and plays the role of president in a TV sitcom. Opinion surveys ahead of the vote have shown 53-year-old President Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind comic actor...

Apr21

The Latest: Corruption, dire economy key issues in Ukraine

Sunday, April 21 , 2019 - 11:40 (EEST) Section: The Bellingham Herald (USA)

The Latest on Ukraine’s presidential runoff: (all times local): 10:10 a.m. Corruption and economic stagnation are big issues for voters in Ukraine’s presidential runoff. Lyudmila Potrebko, a 22-year-old computer programmer, … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...