Wasting little time after winning Ukraine’s April 21 presidential election in a landslide, the country’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, vowed in his inauguration speech on May 20 to dissolve the parliament and hold early elections. After winning 73 percent of the vote in the second round, Zelenskiy may be hoping to ride the political wave, and early polls show his party in the lead, with 26 percent support.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on May 23 talks with the audience at iForum, one of the biggest annual tech conferences in Ukraine.