Ukraine’s international reputation is not to be envied. Despite years of strong budget discipline, three years of growth now averaging 3 percent, reforms that have resulted in a reduction in corruption flows amounting to 6 percent of GDP, and the stymying of Russia’s advance in eastern Ukraine in part through the building of a strong military, most people still see the country as a failing state in thrall to a small group of kleptocratic oligarchs.
2019 Presidential Election
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Ukrainian comic actor and the presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy enters a hall in Kyiv on March 6, 2019, to take part in the shooting of the television series "Servant of the People" where he plays the role of the President of Ukraine.
