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posted by martyb on Monday April 22 2019, @10:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the Just-kidding? dept.

Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election, exit polls suggest.

The polls give the political newcomer, who dominated the first round of voting three weeks ago, more than 70% support.

Mr Zelensky, 41, challenged incumbent president Petro Poroshenko who has admitted defeat. The apparent result is being seen as a huge blow to Mr Poroshenko and a rejection of Ukraine's establishment.

"I will never let you down," Mr Zelensky told celebrating supporters on Sunday. "I'm not yet officially the president," he added. "But as a citizen of Ukraine I can say to all countries in the post-Soviet Union: Look at us. Anything is possible!"

See also: Ukrainian Presidential Debate Sparks Envy Among Russians And Belarusians – OpEd


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @05:04PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @05:04PM (#833455)

    Natural allie? Are you a complete rusky troll or just stupid? Russia fucking took their land and caused a war. No one else has taken their land or fought against them. Russia is anything but an allie.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @06:02PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @06:02PM (#833471)

    Your are acting like a tool for the man. Ask the Ukranians and let them decide. You have no say, so bugger out.

    A good place to start is to look at what caused the internal division in Ukraine. It all happened (this time) in the middle of a betting war between EU and the Russian Federation for Ukranian membership. The turmoil left room for fascist factions to get control of parts of Ukraine and they still occupy those areas. The new comedian overlord has promised to keep trying to get back the land from the fascist occupation. Russia took advantage of the situation and when the Crimean population voted to join the Russian Federation, Russia accepted. That might not have been fair game, but far from the shitty propaganda you are a posterboy for.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @07:26PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @07:26PM (#833496)

      Troll? I could have called the facists 'nationalists', but truth is it's a bunch of skinheads with swastika tattoos. What I wrote was an accurate and chronological description of events spiced up with funny comedian guy stuff.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:00PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:00PM (#833503)

      Russia orcestrated the so called vote and did not just accept the results.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:57PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:57PM (#833516)

        Thank you so much for the links to the definite proof of that statement. I'm now sure it's not just something you feel is what must have happened because Russia is clearly always the force of evil in everything they do. I now realise that all of the voters was forced to vote as they did.