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Comedian, president, warrior: the transformation of Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Today in Focus
English - March 01, 2022 03:00 - 31 minutes - 47.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 649 ratingsDaily News News politics leadership health entrepreneurship news interview business entrepreneur culture comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When the comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy ran for the Ukrainian presidency in 2019 he was treated as a joke. Now, as Luke Harding reports from Lviv, he personifies the defiance and dignity of Ukraine’s embattled population. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus