Who is the comedian poised to win Ukraine’s election?
Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker goes to the birthplace of Volodymyr Zelenskiy to find out more about the actor, comedian and frontrunner in Ukraine’s presidential election.
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Volodymyr Zelensky is the frontrunner to become Ukraine‘s next president in Sunday’s second-round runoff against incumbent Petro Poroshenko.
The actor and comedian has a multimillion-dollar TV production company, but his only experience in politics is playing the president on television.
Al Jazeera’s Robin Forestier-Walker went to Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, a city of steel and iron, to find out what people think of their local comedian-turned-politician.
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Published On 19 Apr 2019