Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of race as curtain rises on Ukrainian presidential election UkraineElections
KIEV - Ukrainians began voting in a presidential election on Sunday in which a comedian with no political experience and who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series is tipped to win the first round.
Investors are watching to see if the next president will push reforms required to keep the country in an International Monetary Fund bailout programme that has supported Ukraine through war, sharp recession and a currency plunge. Mr Poroshenko has fought to integrate the country with the European Union and Nato, while strengthening the military which is fighting Kremlin-backed separatists in the east of the country.
Just 9 per cent of Ukrainians have confidence in their national government, the lowest of any electorate in the world, a Gallup poll published in March showed. "He embodies the perceived need for 'new faces' in politics and could sway the young, pro-reform electorate to his side,"said Economist Intelligence Unit analyst Agnese Ortolani.
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