[262], In a 2014 interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine, Zelenskyy said that he would have liked to pay a visit to Crimea, but would avoid it because "armed people are there". [275][276] In April 2019, he stated that he was not against a Ukrainian language quota (on radio and TV), although he noted they could be tweaked. In 2015 he starred in the television series Servant of the People, in which he played acted the character of a. Zelensky has said that his great-grandfather and three of his grandfathers brothers died as a result of the Nazi invasion of Ukrainian territory. It has emerged that Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the voice of Paddington Bear when the popular film was released in Ukraine. In honor of this. [89][90] In June 2019 it was announced that the president's third major initiative, which seeks to remove immunity from lawmakers, diplomats and judges, would be submitted after the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He went shirtless for his COVID vaccination. While Zelensky has won admiration from abroad over his leadership during the ongoing Russian invasion, the president was already well known in Ukraine as an actor. Zelenskys father, Oleksander, is a mathematician who heads a university computer science department; his mother Rimma was an engineer for many years. Zelensky was born on January 25th, 1978, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. He made the comment after he was asked about an online petition calling to lift a prohibition on Ukrainian men leaving Ukraine. He is the son of Oleksandr Zelensky and Rymma Zelenska. In an ironic turn, Zelensky was propelled to the presidency after he starred in the satirical TV show Servant of the People. "[194] Zelenskyy said he was "99.9 percent sure" that Putin thought the Ukrainians would welcome the invading forces with "flowers and smiles". We are defending Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/bgHyrsbVFs. But the word "comedian" is misleading. Ukraine 's president has been thrust. 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[101], In June 2021, Zelenskyy submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill creating a public registry of Ukraine's oligarchs, banning them from participating in privatizations of state-owned companies, and forbidding them from contributing financially to politicians. He disputed claims of the Russian government about the presence of neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian government and stated that he had no intention of attacking the Donbas region, while highlighting his personal connections to the area. In 2016, she participated in the show The Comedy Comet Company Comedy's Kids and won 50,000. "They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state", he said. However, many social media users didnt realise that Zelenskys credits extended to Paddington until Hugh Bonneville, who played the bears foster father Henry Brown in the UK version of the 2014 film, tweeted about it on Sunday (27 February). [70] Although Zelenskyy initially said he would only serve a single term, he walked back this promise in May 2021, saying he had not yet made up his mind. He has unconventional piano skills. Videos of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's days in the entertainment industry went viral over the weekend as people around the world praise . Since being shared on Sunday, the video has gone on to be viewed more than 400,000 times and has been shared hundreds of times. [225], In April 2022, Zelenskyy criticized Germany's ties with Russia. He voiced Paddington in the Ukrainian-dubbed versions of the Paddington movies. All rights reserved. By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org. [107] Bohdan, however, contended that because heading the presidential administration is not considered civil service work, lustration did not apply to him. Prior to his acting career, he obtained a degree in law from the Kyiv National Economic University. 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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. A video of Volodymyr Zelensky dancing in high heels while wearing a midriff-baring top has resurfaced online, with people widely praising the Ukrainian president. [268], In responding to a petition demanding equal rights for same-sex couples, Zelenskyy echoed the view that family does not depend on sex and asked the Prime Minister of Ukraine to review civil partnerships for same-sex couples. [142][143] On 20 January 2020, Prystaiko followed up by giving a briefing to the press in the Office of the president of Ukraine and saying that he would explain everything about the visit that when the time came. [66][67][68][69] On 19 April 2019 at Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex presidential debates were held in the form of a show. If you don't want to leave now, sit down with me at the negotiating table. I, Volodymyr Zelensky, will lend my voice to the wonderful, charismatic, friendly bear Paddington, the 44-year-old politician can be heard telling viewers in the two-minute trailer, according to a report by Variety. Oleksiy Honcharenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, told CNN that he had decided to stand and fight as well. The first appears when there are video cameras, the other Petro sends Medvedchuk privietiki (greetings) to Moscow". He got a scholarship to study in Israel but didnt go. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. [227][228] As Zelenskyy ordered a general military mobilization in February 2022, he also banned men aged 18 to 60 from leaving Ukraine. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet for talks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany. [56] In place of traditional campaign rallies, he conducted stand-up comedy routines across Ukraine with his production company Kvartal 95. 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. [266][267] As he considered the leaders of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic (DPR and LPR) to be Russia's "puppets", it would "make no sense to speak with them". According to Zelenskyy, since the beginning of the invasion, Chinese President Xi Jinping had refused to speak with him. Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of Paddington Bear in Ukraine, he wrote. Yes. But the citizens of Russia must see it. Their son, Kyrylo, was born in January 2013. [53][51] After months of ambiguous statements,[52][51] on 31 December, less than four months from the election, Zelenskyy announced his candidacy for president of Ukraine on the New Year's Eve evening show on the TV channel 1+1. [128] The agreement failed to ease the conflict, as the separatists continued their attacks and Russia continued providing them with weapons and ammunition. [226] In May 2022, Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian men of conscription age had a duty to remain in Ukraine and that up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed every day in the fighting in eastern Ukraine. He was elected in a landslide victory, beating the incumbent Petro Poroshenko with nearly 73 per cent of the vote. Cleveland rabbi sentenced to prison for soliciting underage sex had a prominent Conservative rabbi as his character witness, Why American Eagle now has a mezuzah at its Times Square flagship. ( JTA) The world has had a crash course on Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days, as the Ukrainian president has galvanized his country against an unprovoked attack by neighboring Russia. Before being elected president of Ukraine in April 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy enjoyed a lengthy stint as an actor and performer. 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Shefir was unhurt in the attack, although his driver was hospitalized with three bullet wounds. [34], In August 2014, Zelenskyy spoke out against the intention of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture to ban Russian artists from Ukraine. [200], On 15 March 2022, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, together with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jana, visited Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy in a display of support for Ukraine. 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[257], In October 2020, he spoke in support of Azerbaijan in regards to the Nagorno-Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. [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. [152] President Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska also took part in the opening of the Ukrainian House in Washington, D.C.[151] On the same trip, he met with Apple CEO Tim Cook[153] and with Ukrainians in senior positions at Silicon Valley tech companies[154] and spoke at Stanford University. [55], Zelenskyy's presidential campaign against Poroshenko was almost entirely virtual. [255] The program states that Ukraine should set the goal to apply for a NATO Membership Action Plan in 2024. [82], Zelenskyy was inaugurated on 20 May 2019. Critics said it risked increasing media censorship in Ukraine[97] because its clause of criminal responsibility for the distribution of disinformation could be abused. [132] In July 2020, Zelenskyy announced a formal ceasefire with the separatists the more than twentieth such attempt since the war began in 2014. He has many personal ties to Israel. [254] Zelenskyy's electoral programme claimed that Ukrainian NATO membership is "the choice of the Maidan and the course that is enshrined in the Constitution, in addition, it is an instrument for strengthening our defense capability". Its unclear how the Volodymyr Zelensky movie will end, but his admirers have already started suggesting stars to play him. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[a] (also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy;[b] born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former comedian and actor who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. 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