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    OPINION - The Showman review: How war and Vladimir Putin turned Volodymyr Zelensky from clown to commander

    by Robert Fox Jan 20, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: William Collins

    Writing the biography of Volodymyr Zelensky, the supreme entertainer-statesman of the 21st century, would be a tough proposition at the best of times. These are possibly the worst of times, now that Ukraine faces a war to destruction with no end in sight.

    The difficulty lies in Zelensky’s strengths in manipulating audiences, with more than a touch of conjuror skills in misdirection. Simon Shuster, for some 10 years Time magazine’s man in Ukraine, does his best to get at the personality behind the trademark scrubby

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