MOSCOW—Ukraine’s new president called snap parliamentary elections as he sought greater authority to tackle a weak economy and a military conflict with Russia-backed separatists. President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian with no political experience, won last month’s presidential election in a landslide amid widespread discontent with Ukraine’s ruling class five years after a pro-European revolution.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 21, 2019 17:03 UTC