Zelenskiy’s likely success in Ukraine’s upcoming presidential elections will be an enormous aberration. It will create high risks because of the new president’s lack of experience, yet also provide new opportunities of integration between Ukraine’s state and society.
2019 Presidential Election
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Andreas Umland: Why a Zelenskiy presidency will not be the end of Ukraine
Ukrainian comic actor, showman and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station during Ukraine's presidential election in Kyiv on March 31, 2019.