A comic that played a head of state on TV simply ended up being Ukraine's head of state

Picture Martin Shine, influenced by his function as Head of state Jed Bartlet in "The West Wing," competing the U.S. presidency and winning. Or Julia Louis-Dreyfus, taking advantage of on her function as Vice Head of state Selina Mayer in "Veep," signing up with a ticket with Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders and arising triumphant in 2020. Ridiculous, best? Well that is precisely what simply occurred in Ukraine. On April 21, comic Volodymyr Zelenskiy, that played a head of state in a prominent Ukrainian TV collection, beat incumbent head of state Petro Poroshenko in a landslide, garnering 73.2% of the elect to Poroshenko's 24.4%. As a scholar of post-Soviet national politics, I see this political election as an essential minute for the nation. Zelenskiy's success increases some huge concerns: That is he and what could be anticipated from him? What may his political election imply for Ukraine and its connection with Russia and the West? And does this candidate...