Ukraine makes tax revenue off the creators of pornographic content, but also threatens them with prosecution. A draft law aims to fix what many say is an unfair contradiction.
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Trump’s Attacks Give Zelensky a Popularity Boost in Ukraine
The Ukrainian leader’s approval rating is rising, and critics have backed off after he was humiliated and criticized by President Trump, who has also demanded new elections in Ukraine.
A Wartime Election in Ukraine? It’s a Political Hot Potato.
In normal circumstances, Ukraine’s president would face voters next spring. Analysts say a wartime election is unlikely, but the prospect is causing some anxiety in Kyiv.
Ukraine Blames Lagging Covid Vaccinations on Misinformation
Opened vials of vaccine at hospitals have gone to waste when doctors and nurses declined shots, news media have reported. In a country of 42 million, just over 23,000 people have received a dose.
Skadden Said to Have Paid $11 Million to Settle Ukraine Dispute
The law firm paid a former Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, and an associate to avert a suit over its role in a report justifying her imprisonment by a political rival.
In Ukraine Presidential Runoff, It’s Comic Versus Chocolate King
An actor with no political experience easily finished first in Ukraine’s election, and will face the incumbent president in an April 21 runoff.
No Joke: Ukraine TV Comedian Wins Election’s First Round
Voters crowded into polling stations in a presidential race in which a leading candidate was a 41-year-old who plays a president on television.
He Played a President on Ukrainian TV. Now He Wants the Real Thing.
In an increasingly familiar pattern worldwide, a political neophyte, the comic actor Volodymyr Zelensky, is leading in the polls in Ukraine’s presidential race.