
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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