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  • Volodymyr Zelensky's Russian years (Paywall)

    03/30/2025 11:12:25 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 3 replies
    LeMonde.Fr ^ | February 20, 2023 | Ariane Chemin and Benoît Vitkine (Moscow (Russia) correspondent)
    The five lives of Volodymyr Zelensky' (2/5). Before his presidency, Zelensky became known in the world of comedy and television at the turn of the millennium and lived in Moscow, where he established links with the country that he is now at war with. In January, Sochi, the Russian seaside resort on the Black Sea popular with tourists and spa enthusiasts, usually hosted the gala for KVN, a TV game show in which amateur troupes from all the former Soviet republics participated. Strolling along the waterfront palaces in January 1998, the small troupe from eastern Ukraine led by Volodymyr Zelensky...