Last minute preparations are underway for voters in the Eastern European country of Ukraine to select their next president on Sunday.
They will choose between President Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a standup comic who plays a fictional president in a popular television series.
The 41-year-old Zelenskiy, who has no political experience, is heavily favored to defeat Poroshenko, polls show. Zelenskiy’s once long-shot bid for the presidency gained momentum amid voter frustration over corruption, economic woes and an ongoing conflict in the country’s east.
Poroshenko tried to energize his supporters at a rally Friday in Kiev’s Independence Square, just hours before the candidates …read more
Source: Voice of America
