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Ukraine’s Joker in the Pack Wins First Round


You could be forgiven for mistaking the first round in Ukraine’s presidential elections as an episode from a TV series — replete with established politicians being vanquished by a refreshing young upstart promising root-and-branch change.

On Sunday, one of Ukraine’s most popular actors — best known for his role in a TV series about a schoolteacher who vaults to his country’s presidency on the wave of anti-corruption disgust —appeared on course to win the first round of a presidential race that’s proving anything but ordinary.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s comfortable win — the count so far has him securing more than 30 percent of …read more

Source: Voice of America

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