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Volodymyr Zelensky: How is Ukraine's president faring?
Volodymyr Zelensky was a comic actor who played a president on TV before he was elected to the job in real life last year. Has he been able to deliver on his pledges?
When Ukrainians overwhelmingly voted to make a comedian president, Europeans wondered what the punchline would be. In an exclusive interview, Stephen Sackur speaks to Volodymyr Zelensky, the comic actor who played a president on TV before getting the job in real life. He has had 18 months to make good on his promise to end corruption and find a pathway to peace with Russia. How is he doing?
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Mon 12 Oct 2020
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大象传媒 World Service
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Volodymyr Zelensky (Credit: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA)
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