[267] He did not rule out holding a referendum on the issue. [126][127] The two leaders also discussed the exchange of prisoners held by both sides. We've received your submission. The area, known as the Pale of Settlement, was formed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries after the Russian government barred Jews from living elsewhere under its supervision. Their daughter Oleksandra was born the following year, and they had a son, Kyrylo, in 2013. [106] Under the rules of Lustration in Ukraine, introduced in 2014 following Euromaidan, Bohdan is not entitled to hold any state office until 2024 (because of his government post during the Second Azarov Government). [56] In place of traditional campaign rallies, he conducted stand-up comedy routines across Ukraine with his production company Kvartal 95. Ukraine's wartime president is a former TV star. 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British actor Hugh Bonneville, one of the stars of the hit Paddington movie franchise, revealed on Sunday that Zelensky, in fact, had voiced the beloved animated bear for the Ukrainian film audience. Who does not want this more than anyone? [248], In a mid-June interview with BIHUS info[uk] a representative of the president of Ukraine at the Cabinet of Ministers, Andriy Herus stated that Zelenskyy had never promised to lower communal tariffs, but that a campaign video in which Zelenskyy stated that the price of natural gas in Ukraine could fall by 2030 per cent or maybe more was a not a direct promise but actually "half-hinting" and "joking". 15. As Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky seals his political legacy, his legend grows in the US and UK. We scoured interviews in multiple languages, scrolled back through his social media posts and compiled some amazing YouTube clips to offer a more nuanced portrait. During the first two years of his administration, Zelenskyy oversaw the lifting of legal immunity for members of parliament (the Verkhovna Rada),[5] the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recession, and some limited progress in tackling corruption in Ukraine. Such was Mr Zelenskys popularity, he was even the voice of Paddington in the Ukrainian dubbing of the animated movies in 2014 and 2017. In a case of life imitating art, Zelensky entered politics after playing a schoolteacher who became the president of Ukraine in the satirical series Servant of the People. [135] The same day, internet news site Obozrevatel.com released information that on 7 January 2020, Ukrainian politician of the Opposition Platform For Life Viktor Medvedchuk who has exclusive relations with the current president of Russia may have arrived in Oman. [161], On 19 January 2022, Zelenskyy said in a video message that the country's citizens should not panic and appealed to the media to be "methods of mass information and not mass hysteria. [268] In the interview he also said that if he were elected president he would not sign a law on amnesty for the militants of the DPR and LPR. The discussions exploded on social media on Sunday, when Black List founder Franklin Leonard, tweeted that Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president and the man now seen around the globe for boldness on the stand for Ukraine's sovereignty had voiced the cartoon characters Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian version of the film. 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", Ukraines Zelensky posts a new video of himself and his team outside the presidential administration in Kyivs government quarter after rumors in Russian media that hed fled. [60][61] He styled himself as an anti-establishment, anti-corruption figure, although he was not generally described as a populist. In 2015, Zelenskyy became the star of the television series Servant of the People, where he played the role of the president of Ukraine. The 44-year-old remains in the capital Kyiv, leading his countrys fightback against the Russian invasion despite being heavily outnumbered and outgunned. But the answer depends only on you, the citizens of the Russian Federation. His slick, selfie videos are no longer about making Ukrainians laugh, but about urging them to lay down their lives for their country. [19] He recorded the voice of Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian dubbing of Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017). [19][34], At age 17, he joined his local team competing in the KVN comedy competition. [27][28][29][30] In March 2022, Zelenskyy said that his great-grandparents had been killed after German troops burned their home to the ground during a massacre. I am outraged by the spread of this lie, no matter what the president's motives are. [86], On 28 May, Zelenskyy restored the Ukrainian citizenship of Mikheil Saakashvili. Zelenskyyy also voice dubbed Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian language settings of Paddington and Paddington 2. had a crash course on Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days, their spillover effects in American government, the interview appeared in the French newspaper Le Point, she posted on Instagram about the bravery of Ukrainian women, a 2018 interview with a friend from the entertainment industry, The Paddington books were inspired by Jewish children who took refuge in England during World War II, suggestion that appears to have gained steam is Jeremy Renner, suggest that he would not be an appropriate choice, Police, security agencies advise Jews to be on alert ahead of planned National Day of Hate on Shabbat, American citizen killed in latest West Bank shooting amid escalating violence, This Orthodox Jewish model made history at New York Fashion Week. British actor Hugh Bonneville, one of the stars of the hit "Paddington" movie. Hello to my darling friends. [255] The programme also states that Zelenskyy "will do everything to ensure" that Ukraine can apply for European Union membership in 2024. Volodymyr Zelensky, 45, was born on January 25, 1978, in the city of Kryvyi Rih in what was then known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. [105], Zelenskyy appointed Andriy Bohdan as head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. How Volodymyr Zelensky became face of the free world. Honchurak was replaced as prime minister Denys Shmyhal. [19] Love in the Big City 3 was released in January 2014. [35] He was soon invited to join the united Ukrainian team "Zaporizhia-Kryvyi Rih-Transit", which performed in the KVN's Major League, and eventually won in 1997. The clip, posted onto Twitter by BBC economics editor. Regular, normal people. He has positioned himself as an anti-establishment and anti-corruption figure. [250][251], During his presidential campaign, Zelenskyy said that he supported Ukraine's becoming a member of the European Union and NATO, but he said Ukrainian voters should decide on the country's membership of these two organisations in referendums. The revelation that the Ukrainian president lent his voice to the iconic Peruvian bear who gets into adventures after his arrival to the U.K. even caught one of the movie's cast members off guard. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: . [49] Zelenskyy's election campaign had centred on pledges to clean up the government of Ukraine. The former comedian and actor won Ukraines presidential election in 2019. Calum Russell. [156], In April 2021, in response to Russian military build-up at the Ukrainian borders, Zelenskyy spoke to American president Joe Biden and urged NATO members to speed up Ukraine's request for membership. [55], Zelenskyy's presidential campaign against Poroshenko was almost entirely virtual. Sun 6th Mar 2022 12.30 GMT. Who can prevent this? JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Nama Volodymyr Zelensky menjadi salah satu sorotan dunia sejak akhir Februari 2022. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. And in an extraordinary example of life imitating art, Mr Zelenksy then decided to found a political party named after the show, Sluha Narodu orSN for short, and run for the presidency. A highlights reel of a 28-year-old Zelensky twisting and dipping in a series of outlandish outfits, including a pink leisure suit, went viral over the weekend. By. [220] In March 2022, Zelenskyy supported the suspension of 11 Ukrainian political parties with ties to Russia: the Socialist Party of Ukraine, Derzhava, Left Opposition, Nashi, Opposition Bloc, Opposition Platform For Life, Party of Shariy, Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, Union of Leftists, and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc. Bonneville's tweet was liked more than 38,000 times and was retweeted on some 5,500 occasions. [239] On 20 July 2022, South America's Mercosur trade bloc refused Zelenskyy's request to speak at the trade bloc's summit in Paraguay. With regards to same-sex marriage, Zelenskyy cited a provision in the Constitution of Ukraine barring same-sex marriage, as well as a ban on wartime changes to the Constitution, ruling out an introduction of same-sex marriages during the ongoing war. [40] In 2018, the romantic comedy Love in the Big City 2 starring Zelenskyy was banned in Ukraine.[why? If you don't want to leave now, sit down with me at the negotiating table. Blinken, sitting directly across the table from Zelenskyy, drew a stark contrast: the top U.S. diplomat, clean shaven, dressed in a dark blazer and a white button-down shirt . All rights reserved. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Thank you, President Zelensky, tweeted British Paddington star Hugh Bonneville, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. A video of now President Volodymyr Zelensky voicing Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian version of the film has gone viral on social media. ", " ", "Ukraine bans 38 Russian 'hate' books amid culture war", " - "", " , ", "Volodymyr Zelensky in major lead in Ukraine presidential election runoff: Biography, quotes", Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and his Inner Circle, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, "Revealed: 'anti-oligarch' Ukrainian president's offshore connections", "Lawyer Zelenskyy has registered a new political party "Servant of the people", "The boundary of a joke. Most of his classmates took advantage of the option he named one woman specifically who moved to Israel but he did not, saying that his father prohibited him from moving. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is the voice of Paddington in the Ukrainian versions of 'Paddington' and 'Paddington 2' During the war in Donbas, he actively supported the Ukrainian army. So Is Its Prime Minister. [177][178][179], More than 90% of Ukrainians supported the actions of Zelenskyy,[180] including more than 90% in western and central Ukraine and more than 80% in Russian-speaking regions in eastern and southern Ukraine. Detractors noted that elections held in Donbas were unlikely to be free and fair, that the separatists had long driven out most pro-Ukrainian residents out of the region to ensure a pro-Russia majority, and that it would be impossible to ensure Russia kept its end of the agreement. 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