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Volodymyr Zelenskiy will now take the helm of a country of 45-million people beset by challenges and having run on the vaguest of political platforms. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
ANGELA MERKEL

Comedian Zelensky wins Ukraine presidency in landslide

Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko

  • Anna Smolchenko
  • Oleksandr Savochenko
3 min read
Ukrainian President
IGOR KOLOMOYSKY
Video

Comedian heads to run-off against incumbent for Ukraine presidency

Volodymyr Zelensky’s political experience had been limited to playing the president in a TV show but that may soon change

  • Oleksandr Savochenko
  • Theo Merz
3 min read
Russian journalist Babchenko smokes a cigarette during an interview in Kiev.
MOSCOW

Anti-Kremlin journalist back from the dead as Ukraine admits set-up

The ‘murder’ had been staged in order to foil an attempt on his life by Moscow according to the head of Ukraine’s security service

  • Oleksandr Savochenko
4 min read