Opinion: A TV celebrity leads the presidential race in Ukraine. Does he have any ideas?
The good news after Sunday’s Ukrainian presidential election is that voters had plenty of choices and reaffirmed their desire to join the West. The runoff is a chance to have an actual contest of ideas.
Thirty-nine candidates ran for president, and the results so far show comedian Volodymyr Zelensky finishing first with 30% with incumbent President Petro Poroshenko second at 16%. The television star leads in the polls for the April 21 runoff, but the race could tighten.
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