title: Many candidates but few real choices in Ukraine vote
abstract: Significance The two obvious candidates, incumbent Petro Poroshenko, and his main challenger Yulia Tymoshenko, have been joined by television comic Volodymyr Zelensky, a disruptor candidate who has pulled ahead in polling. The pro-European, pro-reform agenda is not strongly represented, nor are Russian-backed candidates, while the much-reported-on far right stands even less chance. Impacts The military stand-off has stabilised after the Kerch Straits clash, but remains fragile. The absence of vo
journal: Emerald expert briefings