Zelensky to face Poroshenko in Ukraine run-off: exit poll
Kiev, Ukraine – Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky will face incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in a runoff vote for Ukraine ‘s presidency, exit polls have shown. Zelensky, a political novice who is better known for playing a president in a TV sitcom, was projected to win 30.6 percent of the votes cast on Sunday, according to surveys conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology and the Razumkov Centre. “This is just a first step towards a great victory,” he told supporters after the publication of the exit polls. Poroshenko, who has been in power since 2014, was forecast to come second, with 17.8 percent of the vote. “I critically and soberly understand the signal that society gave today to the acting authorities,” he said, accepting the projected results. It was a different story for opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who disputed the surveys that showed her coming in third, with 14.2 percent of the vote. “I urge n...
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