Ukraine's president hasn't played a role this difficult since he starred on reality TV
In one of the closing episodes of the televised comedy drama, "Servant of the People," the character played by Volodymyr Zelensky — an actor before he entered politics — delivers a humiliating public tongue-lashing to a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He catches the group off guard by rejecting their harsh austerity measures on the basis that they will hurt the Ukrainian people.
On Monday, during the Normandy Four peace summit in Paris, Zelensky, now Ukraine's president, will go up against a much more formidable foe, Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders will discuss how to bring normalcy back to areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian-backed rebels.… Seguir leyendo »