In Ukraine, incumbents tend to be underdogs in presidential races. Never in the 21st century has an acting Ukrainian president, or his appointee, been a frontrunner in a presidential election and, in fact, in the case of former President Viktor Yanukovych, the incumbent never even made it to the polls, having been toppled by a popular revolution.
2019 Presidential Election
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Leonid Ragozin: Can Petro Poroshenko win Ukraine’s presidential race?
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko holds an hour-long monologue on Feb. 9 at an event called "Open Dialogue" in the Sports Palace concert hall in central Kyiv.
