‘Pandora’s box may ruin Zelenskyy’s chances for a second term’

Network of offshore companies revealed by document leak threaten the Ukrainian president’s political future, analysts say.

Kyiv, Ukraine – Alla Butsko hoped that the comedian whose routines and television series made her laugh for years would also make her proud as Ukraine’s first corruption-free president.

In 2019, the 62-year-old retired librarian cast her ballot for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, head of the District 95 comic troupe, in Ukraine’s most unusual presidential election.

Zelenskyy said at the time that his total political inexperience would help him uproot the country’s omnipresent corruption.