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    Ukraine's president, an ex-actor, assumes unwanted role in Trump controversy

    by Sergei L. Loiko and Laura King, Los Angeles Times Sep 25, 2019 4 minutes

    KYIV, Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelenskiy likes to call himself an "ordinary guy" - like the Everyman history teacher he played on Ukrainian television. The one who became, almost by accident, his country's president.

    Zelenskiy's real-world triumph in Ukraine's presidential election in April may have pushed the boundaries of life imitating art - or at any rate, of life imitating TV.

    But now this self-professed common man finds himself at the center of an even more extraordinary saga: President Donald Trump's impeachment proceedings. It's an uncomfortable place to be.

    After only a few months in office, the 41-year-old leader is still riding high in opinion polls, his domestic popularity

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