Ukraine's presidential election is to be held this weekend and an actor and comedian who played the country's leader in a hit TV show is in with a good chance of winning.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> Ukraine's presidential election is to be held this weekend and an actor and comedian who played the country's leader in a hit TV show is in with a good chance of winning, according to experts.
The latest opinion poll by BDM of around 5,000 people conducted last week showed anti-establishment candidate Zelensky ahead of the pack with 25.7 percent of the vote. Tymoshenko is seen in second place with 18.8 percent of the vote and Poroshenko with 12.7 percent. Zelensky's status as a political novice and"outsider" status, coupled with an anti-elite stance and social media savvy campaign strategy has helped him to attract voters who are disaffected and disappointed with the current five-year-old administration — itself a product of political upheaval and revolution in 2014 after the tumultuous ousting of then President Viktor Yanukovych.
Timothy Ash, senior emerging markets strategist at Bluebay Asset Management, said that the former ministers"coming out for Zelensky could well be a game changer." A financial crisis after Russian intervention in the country led Ukraine to request a bailout from the International Monetary Fund in 2014. It received $17 billion and the aid was conditional on Ukraine following a program of economic and structural reforms, including reducing the budget deficit, increasing gas prices and adopting anti-corruption measures.
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