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No joke: comedian Zelensky sets course for Ukraine presidency

Ukrainian presidential frontrunner Volodymyr Zelensky's political experience had been limited to playing the president in a TV show. [AFP]

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is favourite to become Ukraine's president after results Monday showed him dominating a first-round vote despite many initially dismissing his candidacy as a joke.

The 41-year-old's political experience had been limited to playing the president in a TV show but he leapfrogged establishment candidates amid public frustration over corruption and a stalling economy.

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