A comic actor without political experience is the new elected president of Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky On Sunday, he won a landslide victory in the Ukrainian presidential election ahead of incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, reflecting voters' mistrust of power.

The 41-year-old humorist won 73.2% of the vote in the second round of the elections, compared with 25.3% of his rival, according to the survey conducted at the exit of polling stations by the consortium "Exit Poll National"which brings together three institutes.

After the broadcast of the results, Zelensky celebrated the victory and pronounced in front of his followers. "I will never disappoint you"he promised, from his campaign command, where he quickly appeared to thank his supporters.

In his message, he also addressed "all the countries of the post-Soviet space": "Although I am not yet officially president, as a Ukrainian citizen, I can say to all post-Soviet countries:" Look at us! Everything is possible! "

Poroshenko, meanwhile, admitted his defeat and congratulated his opponent for his triumph: "Never give up, listen to me, but when I see the results of polls at the polling day, they are obvious and that's a reason to call my opponent and congratulate him", a- he declared at the headquarters of his election campaign, accompanied by his team and his wife.

"I will step down but I want to firmly insist: I will not give up politics, he added.

The official results will be published on Sunday evening by the Electoral Commission, which, on a part-time basis, estimated voter turnout at 45%.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has also pronounced on the results of this Sunday in Ukraine.

"Polls show that Ukrainian citizens have voted for change, and the new leadership needs to understand and fulfill the hopes of its constituents. applies to domestic and foreign affairs "said the Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Karasin, at the press agency RIA Novosti.

From actor to president

Zelensky is a beginner in politics when he was already "president", but on a small screen, in a TV series called "Server of the People".

Recognized first and foremost for his monologue shows, the actor took advantage of Ukrainians' dissatisfaction with their elites considered corrupt and ineffective, as well as the disappointment left by the pro-Western uprising on Maidan Square there is five years, which had led incumbent President Petro Poroshenko to power.

Father of two children and a law degree, Zelensky comes from the industrial city of Kryvy Rig, in the center of the country. But he has made a career on stage and on screen, in humorous series and known films in Ukraine and Russia.

This Russian, of Jewish origin, said he considered religion a private matter.

His supporters believe that he brings a breath of fresh air to Ukrainian politics, while his critics denounce a confused program and a lack of dangerous experience for a country at war.

Faced with these criticisms, Zelensky surrounded himself with reformist advisers and badured that he wanted to maintain the pro-Western leadership of his country, while negotiates with Russia, with the participation of the United States, the settlement of the conflict in the east of Ukraine.

The newly elected president is also accused of being a puppet of the oligarch Igor Kolomoiski, the enemy of President Petro Poroshenko and owner of the television network that broadcasts his program, which the actor denies.

Zelensky has avoided electoral rallies and has limited contact with voters in the monologues of his Kvartal 95 group. He prefers to express himself in the form of videos broadcast on social networks rather than on television or in the press.

From the beginning, he opted for a show campaign and his presidential bid was broadcast on the eve of the New Year by a private network, instead of President Poroshenko's message.

"When I announced my candidacy for the presidency, they called me a clown, I'm a clown and I'm proud of it.", said at the time.

The only experience as a director of this actor, comedian and successful entrepreneur of the series, is limited to playing a role in the television series "Server of the People", in which he plays a history teacher who arrives so unexpectedly in power.

Ukraine, a country of 45 million inhabitants, is plunged into an economic crisis and pays wages a war against pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the territory, which has killed more than 13,000 people in five years. This generates unprecedented tensions with neighboring Russia, which in 2014 annexed the Ukrainian Peninsula of Crimea.