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 ...

KIEV (Reuters) - Standing on stage in a black t-shirt, Ukrainian rock star Sviatoslav Vakarchuk turns to his massed ranks of fans and asks if they are fed up about how their country is run. "How many ...

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 ...

Ukraine now has a new president, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn into office on Monday — and the famous comedian immediately said one of his first actions will be to dissolve parliament. Fulfilling a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...