#UKRAINE: Voters Elect Inexperienced TV Comedian Their New President In Landslide Rebuke Of Incumbent Poroshenko

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A Ukrainian comedian and TV actor known for playing a president on TV has been elected president in real life - and in a landslide result that defeated the incumbent.

Volodymyr Zelensky took more than 73% with incumbent Pres. Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind, with only 24%. "I will never let you down," Zelensky told celebrating supporters. Poroshenko, who admitted defeat after the first exit polls were published, has said he will not be leaving politics. He said the president elect, who is only 41 and has zero experience in politics, is too inexperienced to stand up to Russia effectively, as Ukraine battles a Russia-backed civil war in its eastern regions.

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#UKRAINE: Actor/Comedian Leads Field In Pres. Election; Advanced To Run-Off

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian and actor who plays the nation's president on a TV show, has won the first round of an actual presidential election in Ukraine, and will advance to next month's runoff against the incumbent.

Zelenskiy got about 30%, with current president, Petro Poroshenko, taking 16%. The two have expressed largely pro-EU sentiments. Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko Will not advance to the run-off, after garnering just 13% of the vote.

Zelenskiy is said to have had great appeal to the russian-speaking Eastern region, because he speaks both Ukrainian and Russian.

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#THENETHERLANDS: Voters Reject EU-Ukraine Trade Deal In Referendum; "Continental Crisis" Feared

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Voters Wednesday rejected a European Union trade deal with Ukraine, with many citing the Eastern European nation's corruption as the reason. The vote, which barely met the criteria of 30% of registered voters - a rare low turnout in Europe - was the first under a new law requiring parliament to reconsider any vote if 300,000 voters sign a petition ordering a popular referendum. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had warned that a Dutch No vote could lead to a “continental crisis." The deal could mean trouble for Ukrainian Pres. Petro Poroschenko and is a victory for Euro-skeptics.

#UKRAINE: Pres. Poroshenko Urges Parliament To Form Gov't This Week; Will Support "Any" PM Cand.

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Pres. Petro Poroshenko is asking parliament to form a new government next week in a bid to ease the ongoing political crisis in the country. He said a new government should be approved on March 29, and said he would support "any candidate for prime minister submitted by the (parliamentary) coalition."

#THENETHERLANDS: Dutch Treaty Referendum On Ukraine Deal Worries Ukrainian Pres.

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Holland's referendum on ratifying a treaty between Ukraine and the EU is playing into Russian president Putin’s hands, according to Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, who is visiting this week, who believes those behind the April referendum ‘wittingly or unwittingly’ benefit Russia’s aggression.

#UKRAINE: Pres. Poroschenko Warns Of #EU "Appeasement" Of Russia On WWII Anniversary

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Hearkening back to the 1938 Munich deal with Hitler, Ukrainian Pres. Petro Poroschenko, speaking at a WWII VE-Day commemoration in Poland, warned the EU not to "appease" Russia, which is actively supporting an insurgency in eastern Ukraine.

#UKRAINE: Parliament Votes to Boost Army's Size To Confront Eastern Rebels

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Ukraine’s parliament has voted to increase the country’s armed forces by a third to 250,000 personnel. Kviv is taking no chances, despite the fragile ceasefire in the east. Pres. Petro Poroshenko’s initiative was passed easily and now only needs his signature to become law.

#UKRAINE: Conflict in East Ukraine Present Challenges for Oct. 26 Election

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#UKRAINE: Pres. Poroshenko Says Russian Troops Have Invaded Ukraine; Warns of "Rapidly Deteriorating Situation"

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Captured Ukrainian soldiers held by Russian-backed rebels in Eastern Ukraine

#UKRAINE: Poroshenko Wins Pres. Race; May Be Able to Make Deal With Russia Over East

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