A comedian who plays a president on a popular Ukrainian television series is poised to become the nation’s real-life president as the country voted on Sunday.
, a surprise upset in which he beat out 38 other candidates on Ukraine’s longest ballot list in history.
Zelensky’s critics say he is showman with no ability to realize his vague promises to reform the country’s political system. Since independence in 1991, Ukrainian politics has been dominated by a political elite that many voters believe use their power to enrich their pockets while the rest of the country struggles economically.
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