When he was running for president of Ukraine in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky did not have a traditional political program. Instead, he devised catchy slogans. One of them was “The spring will come, and we will plant them in the prisons”. This was the former comedian’s appeal to his fellow-citizens, all of whom were tired of widespread corruption. This was also a sharp-tongued teasing of his predecessor and rival Petro Poroshenko, whom Zelensky defeated in the second round of the presidential election just 17 months ago.
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Joined by her daughter, a woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Kyiv during the local elections on Oct. 25, 2020.
