Exclusive: Wife of Ukraine president-elect got penthouse bargain from tycoon

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian comic actor and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivers a speech as his wife Olena applauds following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The wife of Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy bought a luxury apartment for less than half the market rate from business tycoon Oleksandr Buryak, according to official income and property records.

Zelenskiy, a comedian and TV star with no political experience, won the April 21 presidential election after campaigning as someone who stands apart from the wealthy elite that dominates Ukrainian business and politics.