OTTAWA — Veteran Ukraine lawmaker Mustafa Jemilev was as worried and surprised as anyone when a comedian who played Ukraine’s president on television was actually elected the country’s president last month. Jemilev, also the political leader of Crimea’s persecuted Tatars, says he was initially worried that the actor-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy was too soft on Russia. SOPA Images via Getty Images A few minutes after he was sworn in, President Zelenskiy dissolved Ukraine's parliament on May 20, 2019. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s own Ukrainian heritage has helped keep Ukraine near the top of Canada’s foreign-policy agenda. Like Mercer’s frequent political rants, Zelenskiy’s long-running political satire was well-researched and demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of politics and corruption.

Source: Huffington Post May 21, 2019 23:15 UTC