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Could this comedian-turned-candidate be Ukraine’s next president?

Comedian-turned-candidate Volodymyr Zelenkskiy has emerged as an unlikely front-runner in the race to be Ukraine’s next president.
But is he being used as a political pawn by a powerful Ukrainian oligarch? Jonah Fisher reports for Newsnight from Kiev.

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