Zelensky

The ordinary Ukrainian people are so sick and tired of the militaristic nationalism as well as endemic corruption in Kiev that they voted for someone, anyone, who appears slightly more reasonable.
The stunning victory of TV funny man Vladimir Zelensky in Ukraine’s presidential elections has tempted notions of a new opportunity to resolve the conflict in eastern Donbas region. The ongoing war has crippled the entire country, caused over 13,000 deaths and resulted in nearly one million people displaced from their homes.

Authored by Tom Luongo:

The incalculable damage that’s been done to the region for cynical geopolitical goals can never be undone but it can stop.
With art imitating life presidential elections in Ukraine ended with Volodymyr Zelenski garnering a massive majority over incumbent Petro Poroshenko. So, let’s get right to the point.
Will this change anything?

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at Vladimir Zelensky’s landslide victory against incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Sunday’s historic Ukraine, second round, Presidential election.
Not much is known about Zelensky’s political acumen, but the job of uniting a country torn apart by an Obama funded Maidan coup in 2014, will prove to be a daunting task for the comedy TV star.
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In the post-Soviet period, US foreign policy and media establishments have overhyped Ukrainian positives, while disproportionately highlighting the negatives in Russia and Belarus, Michael Averko writes.
Among Western foreign policy establishment elites, a growing realism has developed on the shortcomings evident in Ukraine. This reality partly explains the somewhat limited Western mass media coverage of the just completed Ukrainian presidential election, when compared to the ones that brought Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko to power.

Via RT…

Stalker Zone
April 21st in Ukraine marks the second round of the presidential election (the timeline of the first round can be found here).

Via RT…

Challenger Volodymyr Zelensky and the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, preparing for battle.
Sergey Belous, Helga Green & Alexandra Renard
21st Century Wire

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This week saw the unthinkable: Ukrainian comedian and actor Volodymyr Zelensky won round one of the presidential election, beating the US-installed puppet leader Petro Poroshenko. But this actually follows a trend of similarly profiled political parties and figures coming into power in Italy (5 Star), Spain (Podemos), with Trump in the US. Are we seeing a genuine political watershed event? What will this mean for the Ukraine, NATO, EU and the US going forward.