As Ukraine heads to the polls this weekend, the most likely candidate is comedian Volodmyr Zelenskiy, who is from Kryvyi Rih, a struggling mining town in Eastern Ukraine.
As Ukraine heads to the polls this weekend, the most likely candidate is comedian Volodmyr Zelenskiy, who is from Kryvyi Rih, a struggling mining town in Eastern Ukraine.
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Global Politics
This Ukrainian presidential candidate is challenging language divisions with a message of unity
GlobalPost
April 19, 2019
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Global Politics
A struggling mining town in Ukraine looks to one of their own as leading presidential candidate
GlobalPost
April 20, 2019
As Ukraine heads to the polls this weekend, the most likely candidate is comedian Volodmyr Zelenskiy, who is from Kryvyi Rih, a struggling mining town in Eastern Ukraine.