Comedian faces president in Ukrainian pre-election stadium debate

Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In a fittingly showbiz finale to the country’s surprising election, Ukraine’s two presidential candidates, incumbent president Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the comedian who currently leads him the polls, faced each other on Friday in a debate held in a stadium filled with thousands of cheering supporters. The election’s second …

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