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Hoping for peace, Ukraine’s voters appear likely to elect a comedian as president

2019-04-20 12:51:22       source:The Washington Post

April 19, 2019


KIEV, Ukraine — Zoya Troshina said she plans to vote for a comedian for president Sunday because she wants peace in her country.


“At any price,” the 69-year-old retired engineer added. 


The comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, 41, is the front-runner against incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Sunday’s runoff, putting Ukraine on the cusp of becoming the latest nation to cast its future with an untested outsider. 


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