With a triple advantage over the current president. Has the beginning of the presidency of Zelensky will become as effective as his movie alter ego, the “People’s President” Vasily Goloborodko-from Kyiv, a special correspondent of NTDDENIS LAVNIK At 20.00 in Ukraine the results of the eczitpols were published: Vladimir Zelensky - 73.2%, Petro Poroshenko - 25.3%. This is the strongest gap between candidates in the history of Ukrainian elections.

There is talk in mainstream public discourse (controlled by the regime) that Stalin had achievements that rival his shortcomings, but there is no topic, and most importantly, no texture of repression. Oh. While discussing the personal file of the Levada Center, we may have missed the most important thing. And this important thing is so important that other important things that we discussed for several days are not so important.

In Ukraine, the choice of the country's elite did not radically coincide with the choice of its people - publicist Igor Yakovenko The presidential elections in Ukraine became not only a unique lesson of democracy in the post-Soviet space, but also an extremely interesting and important phenomenon that made it possible to take a fresh look at the nature of public opinion and such an attribute of it as the “spiral of silence”.

Concern "Belneftekhim" temporarily limited the export of oil products. This was stated by the deputy chairman of the concern Vladimir, BelTA informs . On April 19, Belneftekhim complained about the sharp deterioration in the quality of the Urals export mixture coming through the pipeline from Russia, and requested an official meeting with representatives of Transneft.

The second round of voting in the presidential elections has begun in Ukraine. According to Hromadske , as of 9:49, one polling station in Lebedinsky (Donetsk region) has not yet been opened, the election commission has not started work. 680 voters must vote at the polling station. The police opened a criminal case. In total, citizens of Ukraine vote at 29,746 polling stations. The first section was opened in Australia on April 20 at 23:00 Kyiv time.

Voting in the second round of the presidential elections has ended in Ukraine. According to the results of the national exit poll, as of 18:00, 73.2% of voters cast their votes for Vladimir Zelensky, and 25.3% for Petro Poroshenko. Turnout as of 15:00 was 45.26% of voters. In the first round, the candidates received 30.24% and 15.95%, respectively. By June 3, the newly elected president will take office.

About the latest Russian news against the backdrop of Ukrainian elections - publicist Ivan Davydov Ivan Davydov. Russia since the end of 2013 - the information colony of Ukraine. Ukrainian events have long been more important than their own, and any others, too, and in recent weeks it is especially clearly. And even when the eternal assessors of the talk show on state channels try to mock the Ukrainian elections out of habit, it is evident, in general, what is actually interesting to them.

More than 100 people have been killed in a series of bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. AFP, citing a source, reports 129 dead, the local TV channel Newsfirst - about 160 victims. More than 300 were injured, Kommersant writes . Explosions occurred in three hotels in the capital (Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury), where foreign tourists often stay, and in three churches in the cities of Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa.

The current President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko admitted defeat in the presidential elections. In his speech, he said he would not retire from politics and urged supporters to never give up. “Next month, I will leave the post of head of state, as the Ukrainians decided. I accept this decision. But I firmly want to emphasize that I am not leaving politics. Dear team members, dear compatriots, media workers, never give up. Never, never, never.

Sri Lanka experienced the seventh and eighth explosions of the day. The seventh attack targeted a hotel in the southern Colombo suburb of Dehiwala, killing two people, AFP reported. Details about the eighth explosion are not yet available. Earlier today, explosions rocked three hotels in the capital (Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury) and three churches in the cities of Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa. Police reported 156 dead and hundreds injured.

During the voting, Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky showed his ballot to journalists and posed for the cameras with it. After that, the police arrived at Zelensky's headquarters and wrote out an administrative protocol, Hromadske reports . Representative of the headquarters Dmitry Razumkov commented on the situation as follows: “I think that both you and all citizens of our country sooner or later violated the administrative code. I don't see this as a big problem.

Seven people were detained in connection with explosions in hotels and Catholic churches in Sri Lanka. According to the BBC , three police officers were killed during an operation to detain suspects in Colombo. A Sri Lankan police spokesman said 207 people were killed and more than 400 injured as a result of the explosions, according to the latest data. The government has announced a curfew. It was also decided to temporarily close access to all major social networks and online messengers.

With a triple advantage over the current president - from Kyiv a special correspondent of NT Denis Lavnikvich At 20.00 in Ukraine the results of the eczitpols were published: Vladimir Zelensky - 73.2%, Petro Poroshenko - 25.3%. This is the strongest gap between candidates in the history of Ukrainian elections. It is unlikely that these numbers will greatly change according to the results of the vote count.

Writer and journalist Dmitry Bykov regained consciousness, the doctors transferred him to independent breathing. spoke about this . chairman of the editorial board of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, “Today, at about 2 p.m., due to improved health, Bykov was transferred to independent breathing, he is responding to the appeal of doctors and relatives,” he said.