Ukraine's president holds a 1-man debate next to an empty lectern in a battle of showmanship with the race's frontrunner, a TV comedian who has never held office.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures as he answers to a journalist's question ahead of the presidential elections on April 21, at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 14, 2019. The event Sunday was the latest unusual scene in the fight between Poroshenko and Zelenskiy, the comedian whom polls show holding a commanding lead.
While Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a television comedian, has never held public office, a public opinion survey had him finishing far ahead of the incumbent president in the April 21 runoff election. Poroshenko’s appearance at the sports stadium for a nominal debate was the latest skirmish in a battle of showmanship between the candidates.
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