Polls have opened in Ukraine's presidential election that pits the incumbent against a popular comedian and a former prime minister.
that follows a campaign marred by vicious political infighting and allegations of bribing of voters.
If none of the candidates gets an absolute majority of the vote, a runoff between the top two will be held on April 21. Like his famous character, a schoolteacher who becomes president after a video of him denouncing corruption goes viral, Zelenskiy has focused strongly on corruption, proposing a lifetime ban on holding public office for anyone convicted of graft. He also called for direct negotiation with Russia on ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
The incumbent shot back at his rivals, describing them as puppets of self-exiled billionaire businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi, who lives in Israel. Zelenskiy and Tymoshenko have rejected those claims.
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