Zelenskiy's second act: Ukraine leader set to win snap parliamentary election


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  • Thursday, 18 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an election campaign poster of Ukrainian Opposition Platform - For Life political party in Kiev, Ukraine July 15, 2019. Picture taken July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

KIEV (Reuters) - The party of Ukraine's new president looks set to win Sunday's snap parliamentary election, repeating Volodymyr Zelenskiy's shock victory in the April presidential race that has upended politics in the war-scarred nation.

Zelenskiy, a former comedian with no previous political experience, hopes his Servant of the People party can secure control of parliament by tapping into public anger over graft and low living standards in one of Europe's poorest countries.

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