Exit polls: Jewish comedian wins Ukraine presidential vote with 73%

A Jewish comedian has won the Ukraine presidential vote with 73 percent, according to exit polls.

Forty-one-year-old Volodymyr Zelensky’s bid to lead the country was initially dismissed as a joke. But opinion polls suggest incumbent President Petro Poroshenko is heading for defeat amid widespread anger over poverty and corruption.

— With AFP

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