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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

Ukraine elections

Asher Cherkassky reading a book in Dnipropetrovsk central synagogue on November 11, 2015 (Anatoli Stepanov/AFP).
November 15, 2019, 4:38 pm
How Ukraine’s bloody 2014 revolution affected Jews
Sam Sokol’s new book focuses on a Jewish community caught in the middle as two warring regimes weaponized anti-Semitism — and the lessons this holds for world Jewry
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative; Activists of various nationalist parties carry torches during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine, January 1, 2018, behind a banner showing Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
July 22, 2019, 6:54 pm
Head of Ukrainian group glorifying Nazi collaborators set to enter parliament
President reportedly planning on bringing in new head of state-funded Institute of National Memory, which had engaged in rehabilitating anti-Communists who helped Nazis
By ToI Staff and AFP
Far-right politician Artem Semenikhin was attacked last week while walking home in the Ukrainian city of Konotop. (Screenshot)
July 2, 2019, 8:35 pm
Anti-Semitic politician beaten in Ukraine
Former Konotop mayor Artem Semenikhin is known for his neo-Nazi views
By ToI Staff
Participants in the March of Dignity gather in Kiev’s Maidan Independence Square for ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Maidan Revolution that led to the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovic, February 22, 2015. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
May 15, 2019, 4:37 pm
5 years after the Ukrainian revolution, Jews there say it was a mixed blessing
With both a Jewish president and PM in office at the same time that WWII-era Nazi collaborators are celebrated, the local community waits to see how society’s attitude will pan out
By Cnaan Liphshiz
In this file photo, Feb. 18, 2004, presidential candidate Sergey Glazyev speaks at a Russian TV channel 1 studio in Moscow. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)
May 7, 2019, 10:12 pm
Israel slams Putin adviser for claim Ukraine to move Jews into ‘cleansed’ area
Foreign Ministry describes comments by Sergey Glazyev regarding Ukraine’s new Jewish president as ‘conspiratorial and anti-Semitic’
By Raphael Ahren
Vlodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's newly elected Jewish president, meets with rabbis in Kiev in early May 2019. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Dnepro/ via JTA)
May 6, 2019, 11:20 pm
Ukraine’s Jewish president-elect meets with Chabad rabbis
Zelensky, also a comedian, joked about his Jewish roots during an election campaign lauded for absence of anti-Semitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky gives a speech after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
April 30, 2019, 5:10 pm
TV star Zelensky officially named new Ukrainian president
Jewish comic defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko in landslide win, now faces parliament dominated by allies of outgoing president
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a state-of-the-nation address in Moscow, Russia, February 20, 2019. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
April 25, 2019, 7:14 pm
EU, Ukraine’s president-elect lash Russia’s easing citizenship for separatists
Brussels says Putin’s move is ‘another attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty,’ while Zelensky expresses hope for new sanctions against Moscow
By AFP and ToI Staff
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, on April 21, 2019. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
April 22, 2019, 11:41 pm
Netanyahu congratulates new Ukraine president, invites him to Israel
PM also phones outgoing leader Petro Poroshenko to thank him for Israel support, ambassador says
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. (Sergei Gapon/AFP)
April 22, 2019, 1:43 am
Zelensky win makes Ukraine 1st country outside Israel with Jewish PM, president
Marvels one columnist: ‘Imagine, a pure-blooded Jew with the appearance of a Sholom Aleichem protagonist wins by a landslide in a country that glorifies Nazi criminals’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, on April 21, 2019. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
April 21, 2019, 9:12 pm
Comedian-turned-candidate Zelensky wins Ukraine presidency by landslide
Jewish actor with no political experience expected to take 73 percent of the popular vote; incumbent Poroshenko concedes defeat
By Oleksandr SAVOCHENKO and Anna SMOLCHENKO
Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky holds his ballot at a polling station during Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on March 31, 2019. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
April 20, 2019, 8:58 am
Zelensky: Ukrainian clown or political wonder boy?
The Jewish TV star has capitalized on citizens’ despair over mainstream politics, war with Kremlin-backed rebels, poverty and corruption
By Dmytro Gorshkov and Olga SHYLENKO
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, and Ukrainian presidential candidate and popular comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, right, argue their debates at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, April 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
April 20, 2019, 4:49 am
Rivals in Ukraine’s presidential runoff hold bitter debate at sports stadium
Comic Volodymyr Zelensky, the frontrunner in Sunday’s vote who is believed to be Jewish, tells President Poroshenko he is ‘a simple man who has come to break’ the system
By YURAS KARMANAU
Ukrainian comic actor, showman and presidential frontrunner Volodymyr Zelensky surrounded by cameramen and photographers plays table tennis with a journalist ahead of the provisional results at the headquarter in Kiev, on March 31, 2019. (Genya SAVILOV/AFP)
April 18, 2019, 4:12 pm
Ukraine presidential runoff to pit young Jewish comic against unlucky reformer
Poll shows incumbent Petro Poroshenko heading for a spectacular defeat in the second round on Sunday, with 73% of voters ready to support comedian Volodymyr Zelensky
By AFP
Ukrainian comic actor, showman and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky waves in front of voting booths at a polling station during Ukraine's presidential election in Kiev on March 31, 2019. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
April 1, 2019, 6:48 pm
Zelensky: Ukrainian comedian laughing all the way to the ballot box
Entertainer, who is believed to be Jewish, plays a political novice who is elected leader in comedy series, blurring line between candidate and showman
By Olga SHYLENKO, Theo Merz and ToI Staff
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