Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine marked the start of a new political reality. For the first time in the country’s history, one political party has a majority in parliament and also controls the presidency. Ukraine never had a president with so much electoral support (73 percent), and so few connections to the old political class. This year’s presidential and parliamentary elections cleaned house and swept out many of the old dinosaurs. But will these new faces make any difference in the way the country runs?
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Andriy Bogdan, a lawyer and adviser to new President Zelensky talks with journalists during a news conference in front of the Presidential Administration headquarters in Kyiv on May 21, 2019.
