Elections in Ukraine 2019: Zelensky and Poroshenko in facts and figures

21 April in Ukraine will take place the second round of presidential elections. Ukrainians will choose the head of state for the next five years. BBC Russian Service collected the most significant figures and facts from the life of presidential candidates.

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In the second round, the showman Vladimir Zelensky, who scored 30,2% during the first vote, and the current president Petro Poroshenko compete with the result 15,9%.

Opinion polls after the first round show that Zelensky is still in the lead by an even greater margin and can win with the result of 60,8% against 24,4%. However, there is still a whole week of the election campaign.

Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine

Photo: Facebook Petro Poroshenko

Age 53 year.

Growth: 184 centimeter.

Place and date of birth: September 26 1965, the city of Bolgrad, Odessa region.

Zodiac sign: Libra.

Education: Kiev Institute of International Relations, specialty international relations.

Military service: served in 1984-1986. Rank major, specialty: military translator.

Sport: at university he received the title of candidate for master of sports in judo.

Foreign language skills: Ukrainian, Russian and English. Can communicate in Polish, Moldavian and Bulgarian.

Family: wife Marina and four children - sons Alexey and Mikhail, as well as daughters Evgeniya and Alexander.

The greatest success of children: Oleksiy Poroshenko was elected a member of parliament in 2014.

Policy experience: 21 year starting on 1998.

The most prominent of the positions held are: Member of Parliament, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy, President of Ukraine.

Property specified in the declaration: two houses and four apartments.

Photo: Facebook Petro Poroshenko

The most famous business asset: Roshen Corporation, as well as the Ukrprominvest-Agro holding and Channel 5.

Wrist Watch: 3 - Hublot, 2 - Breguet, 1 - Patek Phillip.

Values ​​specified in the declaration: collection of paintings - 84 units, sculptures - 7 units.

Campaign Slogan: “We are going our own way!”

Campaign keywords: “army”, “language”, “faith”, later added “Putin”.

Relationship to Russia: “Away from Moscow,” Petro Poroshenko likes to quote Ukrainian writer Nikolai Khvylovy.

“Putin is well aware that the loss of Ukraine means the collapse of his plans to restore the empire and return Russia to superpower status.”

Attitude towards NATO: advocates joining the alliance and promises a membership action plan for the 2024 year.

Attitude towards the EU: in favor of joining the EU and promises to apply for membership to the 2024 year.

Candidate and alcohol: claims that he does not drink. “These are fakes of Russian propaganda, Poroshenko drinks and never stops drinking. It was nice to hear when my Marina recently said that she saw Pyotr Alekseevich drunk once in 35 years - even before the wedding.”

Hobbies: Poroshenko constantly repeats that he has very little time. However, he counts reading among his hobbies. Every year he visits the Book Arsenal exhibition, and at the end of the year he publishes a ranking of the books he has read.

There is also information that Petro Poroshenko, under anonymous accounts, reads social networks.

Favorite books: President Poroshenko regularly writes in social networks about the best Ukrainian books of the year according to his version.

In 2018, these included: “Antenna” by Sergei Zhadan, a collection of front-line stories “Dirt” by Sergei Saigon, “Coffee with a Taste of Ash” by Alexey Petrov, “Our Others” by Oles Yaremchuk, a photo book “Donbass and Peaceful”, as well as “My Dream - to be human" by Lubomir Huzar.

Favorite films: the president has noted some Ukrainian 2018 films of the year.

Poroshenko spoke approvingly of the documentary film by Danish director Simon Lereng Vilmont, “Remote Barking of Dogs.” The selection of the best films, according to the president, also included: “Wild Field”, “Cherkassy”, “Cool 1918”, “Donbass”, “The Adventures of S Nikolai” and “Call Sign “Banderas”.

Favorite songs: Petro Poroshenko constantly emphasizes the positive impact of radio quotas on the development of Ukrainian music. The best in 2018, according to the president, were the following compositions: “Wings” - Jamala, “Angels” - ONUKA - STRUM TNMK, “Where is your Line?” — Mannerheim Line, “Seize the Day” — Antibodies, “Icons” — one in a canoe and “Crying” — KAZKA.

The president also named “March of the New Army” as his favorite song of recent years.

Vladimir Zelensky, artistic director of Kvartal 95 LLC

Photo: Facebook Vladimir Zelensky

Age 41 year.

Growth: 170 centimeters.

Place and date of birth: 25 January 1978, the city of Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk region.

Zodiac sign: Aquarius.

Education: Krivoy Rog Economic Institute, specialty lawyer. By specialty did not work.

Military service: not served.

Sport: in his youth, Vladimir Zelensky was engaged in weightlifting, raised the barbell. Has a second adult level.

Knowledge of foreign languages: Ukrainian, Russian and English.

Family: wife Elena, son Kirill (as stated in the declaration) and daughter Alexander.

On the subject: Who is such a comedian Zelensky and how he became a favorite of the presidential elections in Ukraine

The greatest success of children: daughter Alexandra in 2016 on her father’s show “Make the Comedian Laugh.” Children" won main prize - 50 thousand hryvnia (about $1 - Ed.)

Policy experience: four months - since January 2019, presidential candidate.

The most famous of the posts: producer of the Inter TV channel, artistic director of Kvartal 95 LLC.

Property specified in the declaration: house and five apartments.

The most famous business asset: “Studio Quarter-95” and 10 other companies in the field of show business.

Wrist Watch: Breguet, Tag Heuer, Rolex, Bovet.

Unusual values ​​in the declaration: 31 patent and trademark.

Campaign Slogan: "Let's do this together!"

Photo: Facebook Vladimir Zelensky

Campaign keywords: “Ze”, “Zekomanda”, “Unite”.

Relationship to Russia: “We are at war with Russia. Therefore, we need to talk with Russia. There must be negotiations and a conversation format with Russia, a diplomatic format in the presence of Western representatives.”

Attitude towards NATO: as a citizen, he supports joining the alliance, but stresses that Ukraine is not expected there. He wants to hold a referendum on joining NATO,

Attitude towards the EU: supports joining the EU, but reminds that Ukraine is not called there yet.

Candidate and Alcohol: “I drink wine. I sleep so little that I can’t afford strong drinks. But, in principle, I can drink a bottle of vodka,” he said in an interview about his attitude towards alcohol.

Hobbies: considers performing on stage to be his hobby, and producing work as his main occupation.

“I created Kvartal 95 and for me it is much more important than my hobby when I perform on stage. For me this is a hobby. Producing work is much more serious.”

In an interview, he said that even as president, he would not refuse to go on stage.

Favorite books: in one of the interviews he said that he had different preferences at different periods of his life. As a child, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling liked.

In high school, discovered Chekhov, Gogol, Franco.

In his student years, when he played in KVN, he read many novels by O. Henry and the works of Jerome K. Jerome.

For some time I was interested in detective stories by Edgar Allan Poe and Patrick Suskind. Now from time to time he returns to the classics - Chekhov. Respects the poetry of Lina Kostenko.

And if there is a desire to relax, break away from reality, reads Dan Brown or Boris Akunin.

Favorite films: Some of my favorites include Barry Levinson's Rain Man, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America, and Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Favorite songs: “Songs of Adele” - this is how he responded to journalists’ request to name three songs that he enjoys listening to on the radio.

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