By Riya Jhaveri SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky is Ukraine's sixth president since May 20, 2019. In the country's presidential election in April 2019, a former comedian and actor with no political experience won by a landslide against incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Prior to campaigning for president, Zelensky held no … Continue reading Volodymyr Zelensky: The Rise of a Comedian turned President
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The Rise of Vladimir Putin: Former KGB Spy to President
By Anoushka Desai and Aayushi Vanzara, SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University: When Russian President Boris Yeltsin abruptly resigned on December 31, 1999, personally culling a former KGB official only a few years into politics as his successor, few predicted that Vladimir Putin would still hold power 20 years later, a Kremlin tenure … Continue reading The Rise of Vladimir Putin: Former KGB Spy to President
Society of International law and its Affairs (SAIL) 