Volodymyr Zelenskiy performs during a comedy show at a concert hall in the Brovary city near of Kiev, Ukraine, March, 29, 2019. Stepan Franko/EPA via Shutterstock.

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy shows his ballot before casting his vote at a polling station, during the second round of presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine ...

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center right, and his wife Olena Zelenska, center left, greet their supporters after the second round of presidential elections ...

Comedian and leading Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy awaits voting results at his election night gathering, March 31, 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine.

Ukranian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy isn't a politician — but he plays the president on TV. As luck would have it, life is on its way to imitating art as Zelenskiy today came out victorious in ...

KIEV — A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised toward a huge landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday in what was seen as a ...

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on March 31, 2019. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters 2019-04-02T11:13:15Z ...

Comedy In Ukraine Is Thriving Before he was president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy was a comedian. Comedy is an industry that's flourished there despite times of conflict and political unrest.

A year after Volodymyr Zelenskiy won Ukraine's presidential election, the reality of politics the eastern European nation is hitting the former comedian.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy got the last laugh. The comedian and actor, who played his country's president on television, is now set to take on the job in real life after winning Ukraine's presidential ...

KIEV, Ukraine – Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that's no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen him performing the role of president. In a striking example ...

TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy sworn in as Ukraine’s new president, disbands parliament. By Associated Press. May 19, 2019 ...