Source: www.wuft.org - Saturday, March 30, 2019
Ukrainians are so fed up with their politicians that many are seeking political relief from a TV comic in presidential elections taking place this weekend. Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s only connection to politics is the role he plays in a hit TV series about a man who accidentally becomes Ukraine’s president. Now, the real-life Zelenskiy, 41, is the unexpected leader in opinion polls , which consistently show him winning up to 25 percent of the vote. The incumbent, President Petro Poroshenko, is struggling for second place against veteran politician Yulia Tymoshenko, who has served twice as prime minister. None of the 39 presidential hopefuls are expected to win an outright majority, meaning the top two candidates in Sunday’s vote are likely to go on to a runoff election on April 21. “Every Ukrainian has his own idea of who Zelenskiy is,” said Ivan Yakovina, a political commentator in Kiev. “He’s giving an opportunity to imagine the best presidential candidate ever. That’s why he’s so popular here.” Five years have passed since a people-power revolution ousted the Kremlin-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych, triggering Russia to annex Crimea and foment an armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko, who was elected amid the turmoil in 2014, promised a swift end to the fighting and the uprooting of corruption. With those goals still out of reach, many Ukrainians are ready to give Zelenskiy, a political novice, a shot at running the
Source: Breaking News
Ukrainians are so fed up with their politicians that many are seeking political relief from a TV comic in presidential elections taking place this weekend. Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s only connection to politics is the role he plays in a hit TV series about a man who accidentally becomes Ukraine’s president. Now, the real-life Zelenskiy, 41, is the unexpected leader in opinion polls , which consistently show him winning up to 25 percent of the vote. The incumbent, President Petro Poroshenko, is struggling for second place against veteran politician Yulia Tymoshenko, who has served twice as prime minister. None of the 39 presidential hopefuls are expected to win an outright majority, meaning the top two candidates in Sunday’s vote are likely to go on to a runoff election on April 21. “Every Ukrainian has his own idea of who Zelenskiy is,” said Ivan Yakovina, a political commentator in Kiev. “He’s giving an opportunity to imagine the best presidential candidate ever. That’s why he’s so popular here.” Five years have passed since a people-power revolution ousted the Kremlin-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych, triggering Russia to annex Crimea and foment an armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko, who was elected amid the turmoil in 2014, promised a swift end to the fighting and the uprooting of corruption. With those goals still out of reach, many Ukrainians are ready to give Zelenskiy, a political novice, a shot at running the
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