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HARDtalk: Volodymyr Zelensky: How is Ukraine's president faring?

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President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky

12/10/2020 GMT

Volodymyr Zelensky: How is Ukraine's president faring?

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Volodymyr Zelensky: How is Ukraine's president faring?

Has the former actor, elected in April 2019, been able to deliver on his pledges?

Volodymyr Zelensky was a comic actor who played a president on TV before he was elected to the job in real life last year. Has he been able to deliver on his pledges?

When Ukrainians overwhelmingly voted to make a comedian president, Europeans wondered what the punchline would be. In an exclusive interview, Stephen Sackur speaks to Volodymyr Zelensky, the comic actor who played a president on TV before getting the job in real life. He has had 18 months to make good on his promise to end corruption and find a pathway to peace with Russia. How is he doing?

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