After this weekend’s first round of voting in Ukraine’s presidential election, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a popular actor, and Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s current leader, have emerged as front-runners. Ukraine’s next president, though, will be either Poroshenko or Zelenskiy’s alter ego, Vasyl Holoborodko.
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Leading actor and creative director of Kvartal 95, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is also the frontrunner for Ukrainian presidency, greets the public from the stage of Dnipro-Arena stadium in Dnipro on March 26, 2019.