KIEV: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has been elected president of Ukraine twice - first as a character in the popular TV show"Servant of the People", now for real.
In the show, a school history teacher is elected leader after a video rant against corruption goes viral.Advertisement But the father-of-two has embraced the fact his campaign has been light on solid pledges. One of the posters for his candidacy read:"No promises - no apologies!" Kolomoysky, one of Ukraine's richest men, became a regional governor at the start of Poroshenko's term but was forced to resign following a row over a state oil firm. He now lives in Israel.
Following the broadcast, Zelensky confirmed he had shares in a Cypriot company that owns a Russian group and promised to sell them.