Ukrainian comedian sure of victory in presidential runoff
KIEV, Ukraine — Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that’s no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen that working for him.
In a striking example of fiction morphing into reality, the 41-year-old comedian and actor seems set to take the top office for real, following in the footsteps of the man he plays in a wildly popular television series — an ordinary teacher who becomes an unlikely president and succeeds in bringing the country together.
Zelenskiy took a commanding lead against the incumbent in Sunday’s presidential election, putting him in a strong position for the runoff in three weeks’ time.