PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN UKRAINE - TASS

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Ukrainian presidential election: Oligarchs making their bets

Putin slams Poroshenko’s attempt to contact him on phone as pre-election stunt

Poroshenko tosses hat into Ukrainian presidential race

Survey shows Timoshenko as frontrunner in Ukraine's presidential election

Putin calls on Zelensky to restore Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship

The Russian leader pointed out that Saakashvili "was illegally deprived of citizenship and deported from the country, so it would be fair to bring him back and restore his rights"

Zelensky accuses Central Election Commission of delaying announcement of election results

He believes it is done in order to prevent the dissolution of the Rada

Zelensky still sees future presidency as next season of his sitcom — director Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov wished Zelensky success as Ukraine’s new president

Putin says Ukrainian election showed utter failure of Poroshenko’s policy

Putin believes that Moscow-Kiev relations will depend on the policy of new Ukrainian leadership

Kiev protests against easing of Russian citizenship rules for Donbass residents

Earlier in the day, Vladimir Putin signed a decree, which makes it possible for residents of certain regions of southeastern Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure

Ukrainian parliament may try to restrict president’s powers — opinion

The process of restricting the president’s powers was set in motion after Zelensky’s victory in the first round of the presidential election on March 31

Zelensky’s stance on Donbass, amnesty may delay peace, says politician

Viktor Medvedchuk said "if this position persists, the issue of peace will be postponed indefinitely"

West turns a blind eye to 6 mln Ukrainians stripped of the right to vote, says politician

Viktor Medvedchuk specified that he's speaking about 2.5 mln living in the Donetsk, Lugansk regions, 2.5-3 mln earning a leaving in Russia, over a million of the temporarily displaced

Zelensky wins 73.22% of the vote

Pyotr Poroshenko got 24.45% of the vote, the Central Election Commission announced after all 100% ballot papers counted

Russia’s UN diplomat expects new strategy for Donbass from Zelensky

Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that "it would be logical to expect new approaches" from Vladimir Zelensky