After the recent elections in Ukraine, Russian state TV channels were quick to celebrate the electoral defeat of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who for the past five years has been one of the main targets of Kremlin propaganda. So far the winner, actor and TV show host, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has not been cast in a negative light.
2019 Presidential Election
Al Jazeera: Russia was too quick to celebrate Zelenskiy’s victory in Ukraine
Presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in the company of his wife Olena and other supporters, sings the Ukrainian national anthem during the presidential debate with his rival, President Petro Poroshenko, at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv on April 19, 2019.
