Ukraine election set to deliver damning verdict on traditional politics
2019-04-21 11:11:09 source：The Guardian
April 20, 2019
“There’s a 90% chance he’ll be a disaster, but I’m going to vote for him anyway,” said Alyona Sych, a 36-year-old nurse, strolling through Kyiv in the spring sunshine and explaining why she plans to vote for an untested actor and comedian in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday.
“I know 100% that the current guy is a disaster, so of course I’ll go for the 10% chance we could really change things.”
For three seasons of the popular Ukrainian television show Servant of the People, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has played a frustrated everyman teacher, implausibly propelled to the country’s presidency.
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