Ukraine Election

• Canadian envoy urges stronger relations with Ukraine after comedian voted president

  Former Canadian foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy led a team of 160 Canadians who helped monitor the election that saw comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy elected president.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2019
  
• Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy celebrates landslide win in Ukraine presidential election

  With nearly all the votes counted in Ukraine, television star Volodymyr Zelenskiy is projected to win the country's presidential runoff vote in a landslide.

  Politics

  Apr 22, 2019
  
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• Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy set to win Ukraine election, Petro Poroshenko concedes

  Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of a presidential election against incumbent Petro Poroshenko by a landslide, a national exit poll showed on Sunday.

  World

  Apr 21, 2019
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• Comedian who plays Ukraine president on TV leads country’s election

  Volodymyr Zelenskiy led the field of 39 candidates with 30.4 per cent of the vote, according to an exit poll by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology and the Razumkov public opinion organization.

  World

  Mar 31, 2019
• Canadian delegation to monitor Ukraine election amid fears of Russian interference

  "Election observation is one of most transparent and accountable ways to support democracy," a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2019
• Exit polls show Ukraine overwhelmingly elects pro-West parliament

  Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2014
• New report questions Canada’s Ukraine election-monitoring missions

  A new internal government report has once again raised questions about the Harper government's penchant for sending large teams of Canadian election monitors to Ukraine.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2014
• Obama congratulates Ukraine’s president-elect in phone call

  President Barack Obama plans to meet next week with the candy tycoon elected over the weekend as Ukraine's new president.

  World

  May 27, 2014
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• Who is Ukraine’s president-elect, ‘Chocolate King’ Petro Poroshenko?

  A closer look at Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko, the country's “Chocolate King” turned politician.

  Politics

  May 26, 2014
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• Russia ready for dialogue with Ukraine

  Moscow is ready for a direct dialogue with Ukraine's new president and doesn't need any Western mediation, Russia's foreign minister said Monday.

  World

  May 26, 2014