Ukraine’s ‘Tainted’ Cabinet Revamp Taps Past It Had Disowned

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who swept to power pledging to draw a line under the post-Soviet politics of his nation’s past, turned back the clock in a top-down revamp of his government.

Facing growing disillusionment among voters less than a year into his presidency, Zelenskiy replaced his prime minister and other cabinet members with more established officials. One even worked under the administration of Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia in disgrace in 2014 after protesters ousted him.