KIEV (Reuters) - In a popular Ukrainian TV series, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy plays a president who is scrupulously honest and outwits crooked lawmakers and shadowy businessmen who try to stand in ...

A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, drawing congratulations from global leaders while dealing a stunning rebuke to his country ...

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has been elected president of Ukraine twice -- first as a character in the popular TV show "Servant of the People", now for real. The 41-year-old performer's bid started ...

When Volodymyr Zelenskyy became the president of Ukraine in 2019, it made headlines around the world. That wasn't because he was a political heavyweight deemed ready to resolve Ukraine's deep-seated ...

KIEV, Ukraine -- A comedian who played the president of Ukraine on a sitcom is poised to be elected Ukraine's next president, exit polling shows. Results from the exit poll released Sunday after ...

KIEV, Ukraine -- A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised toward a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election Sunday in what was seen as a ...

US President Donald Trump has continued his attack on his Ukraine counterpart, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, over the ...

Ukrainian stand-up comedian Serhii Chyrkov, a regular performer with the Pidpilnyi (Underground) stand-up project, has joined the Ukrainian military. Source: Army TV channel Details: Earlier, the Army ...

Outside a polling station in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, just miles from the front of a conflict with Russia-backed separatists, an armoured police van stands guard. Anna, a 24-year-old from the ...

MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A Russian stand-up comedian was convicted of inciting hatred and jailed for ‌nearly six years on Wednesday over a joke ‌he made about a legless war veteran, which triggered ...