Ukraine election: rock star set for coalition talks with comedian-turned-president
(The Guardian World News)

President ready for talks with singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk as exit polls point to victory but as part of coalitionAs if a comedian becoming the president wasn´t enough, Ukraine now has a rock star as a potential political kingmaker.Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, the 44-year-old lead singer of rock band Okean Elzy, is set to enter Ukraine´s parliament after exit polls showed his newly created Golos (Voice) party taking six percent in Sunday´s parliamentary vote. Continue reading...