maxim golosnoy is mayor when she calms down, hello there. about his presidential ambitions. of the village of yelisabetivna mr golosnoy talks to her this weekend isn't looking too bad about his presidential ambitions. pretty much for all of us, in central ukraine. there've been celebrations but for scotland, it will be across syria after the so—called he's known both as a maverick quite showery and even windy islamic state group was defeated and for his zero tolerance in its last stranglehold, as we head through sunday. baghouz. approach to corruption. now, the wet and windy weather the kurdish—led syrian democratic across the north is attributed forces, which is backed by the us, to this deep low—pressure system, raised their flag above buildings which is skirting to the north of scotland. seized from is fighters. and on its southern flank, we're seeing those gales. so the winds continuing to pick up during the early hours for the last three years, of sunday here. mr golosnoy has been refusing to pay lots of showers, the gas bill. but all is not well some of them merging together a teenage boy has been stabbed to produce longer spells of rain. to death in isleworth, with mr golosnoy‘s plans yes, there will be some wintriness in west london. to get on the ballot paper. over the high ground too. the 17—year—old was given first aid but died at the scene. but the further south that you are, it's meant him facing death threats closer to the area of high pressure, following the attack, and the government buildings without the $92,000 registration police in the area have been given being cut off. lighter winds and clearer skies. increased powers to stop fee, his application was rejected. so it's going to be you're watching bbc and search anyone they suspect a chilly start to sunday. news, i'm reged ahmad. of carrying a knife. but mr golosnoy has our top stories: ben ando reports. installed electric heaters temperatures in low single figures for many. and refused to buckle. and out of town, voting gets underway across central northern areas, in thailand's general election — there will in fact be the first since a military a touch of frost in places. coup five years ago. inch by inch, brick by brick. so, sunday will be a chilly start, now, he's gone to the courts but many places starting dry syria celebrates as islamic state searching for clues and answers militants lose their last after another teenager is stabbed and bright, plenty of sunshine. stranglehold, but is itjust to death in london. and submitted documents but there will be showers from the word go, arguing that it's unconstitutional windy conditions across scotland. some of these showers a setback for the terror group? pushing their way southwards. to exclude ukrainians who can't pay. the youngster involved, but i think through the afternoon, three people are seriously injured who has not yet been formally named, the showers become a bit more as bad weather hits a cruise off was with friends in nearby syon park. scattered, so there should be the coast of norway. police say a car pulled up, some sunshine in between. helicopters are airlifting more but it will be very windy a gang of men got out with gales

and gave chase. and quite chilly, than 1,000 passengers to safety. the youngster ran into this 6 or 7 degrees across the far north. residential estate and was stabbed organisers say a million people took a few showers pushing into northern ireland by the front door so, this is your last chance? and into northern england. part in a rally in london, of one of the blocks. demanding another brexit referendum. one woman said at least one elizavetovka is, like most yes. but south of here, of ukraine, poor and run down. it's actually a glorious afternoon. of the gang was wearing a mask. you are doing well here more sunshine the first police officers to get if you earn $250 a month. than what we had on saturday. here say they found the boy every politician in this country same too for the channel islands, says that they are different still alive, barely conscious from the rotten leaders temperatures ranging between 12 and 1a celsius. and unable to speak. now, as we head on into next week, they carried out cpr this area of high pressure really and tried to save his life that have come before. exerts its force across the uk. slap bang on top of it, in fact. but they were unable to, a few weather systems and he died at the scene. why should i believe you, maxim, back home, all mr golosnoy trying to skirt around it, in isleworth, shocked residents woke may affect northern scotland that you are different? and his wife svetlana can do is wait. at times, a little bit of rain. up to the news that london's but for most places throughout next week, stabbing crime wave has it's going to be largely dry reached their doorsteps. with variable cloud and some sunshine. we just came down and they said we could see quite a bit there'd been a serious assault, of sunshine in places. but nights will be chilly. and obviously woke up this morning and it was a fatal stabbing. also with this area of high pressure, when i looked out and heard as it moves a little bit further eastwards, the screaming and saw the lads run it will start to scoop up some milderair away, whatever, i did think — and brings it towards our shores but there is one rather and that will be quite noticeable i was worried for how my wife big hurdle to getting across southern and eastern parts would have been if she was of the country later in the week. out there at the time. on the presidential ballot paper — while mr golosnoy waits, i wouldn't expect this, for monday, this is the picture, especially in that type of estate, again, it's another chilly start. the favourites campaign hard. but we should have so, yeah, we are alla bit it's a fee of 2.5 million hryvnia, plenty of sunshine around. shocked and terrified a bit of cloud just toppling about our children and ourselves. $92,000, that every around the area of high pressure, candidate must pay. 2—time loser yulia tymoshenko, into the north and the west of scotland. a former prime minister, perhaps a spot of rain is hoping to make it or two on western hills.

mr golosnoy‘s salary those temperatures reaching third time lucky. double figures across the north. this is the 28th stabbing in london a little bit milder as mayor is $680 a month. her efforts are, for scotland on monday, in 2019 and more than a0 across the closer to 12—13 degrees across southern parts uk. recently, the government responded along with the comedian, of the country. by pledging £100 million how are you going to find to the police to pay for extra that sort of money? getting serious airtime on ihor into tuesday, it's a similar picture. officers and for multi—agency kolomoyskyi's television channel. plenty of sunshine around after a fairly cool start. violence reduction units, the ideal scenario for kolomoyskyi based on schemes that halved similar would be to have both could see a little bit of cloud crimes in scotland. volodymyr zelensky, a comedian, just bubbling up into the afternoon, in this part of west london, but it should be fair—weather cloud. the police have been given temporary and this weather front and yulia tymoshenko, may bring a little bit of rain, additional powers to stop and search. those have now been extended more of a breeze to the far north of scotland. to early tomorrow morning whom he likes, to be those temperatures as the investigation in the second tour of the... creeping up across the south — into the capital's latest 13, maybe 1a celsius. naive killing continues. so you are going to try and stand the second round. and, in fact, as we end the week, ben ando, bbc news, west london. without paying money? it looks like it could turn very mild again across —— knife killing continues. ..to be in the second southern and eastern areas. you could be looking ben ando, bbc news, west london. at the high teens celsius. round of the presidential elections. money is not a problem for our next it means that voters will choose but nights will continue to be cool now on bbc news, as ukraine gears up with a bit of mist and fog. for its presidential election presidential wannabe. who the president will be, at the end of the month, jonah fisher meets some of the more do you know we are kolomoyskyi number one almost the same age? colourful candidates and tracks down i am about to be a1 as well. an oligarch who many claim or kolomoyskyi number two. is pulling the strings from afar. unfortunately, i'm not running for president. the opinion polls suggest who knows? nobody knows when you are ready. it could be very tight as to who makes the second round. no—one has lit up this contest quite and that's why i've stopped off at this modest kiev apartment. like volodymyr zelensky. nice to meet you. benny hill. jonah from the bbc, hi. it's five years since hundreds benny hill? of thousands of ukrainians took yeah, it's more understandable to the streets demanding change. than monty python.

for me, monty python yes, you heard him right. is better, i'm sorry. after months of protests, yulia's not the only culminating in deadly clashes with security forces, can i speak about it? tymoshenko in this race. the frontrunner, mr zelensky, on the ballot paper, their pro—russian president fled, is a comedian with no political experience. yurii volodymyrovych will be and ukraine elected i don't know if it's interesting for you, but this... right next to yulia volodymyrivna. let's have a look. petro poroshenko, a confectionery we've dropped into his office yulia tymoshenko in kiev, as he works on new material with his team. billionaire dubbed does not find it funny. ‘the chocolate king'. he missed the historical she's accused president poroshenko window of opportunity. offunding yurii as part of a dirty tricks campaign. with the election campaign entering its final days, ok, let's go. mr zelensky has turned this the opinion polls show the president in big trouble. election on its head. benny hill. not — not very good result. no? lots of people are saying that the jokes weren't funny today? benny hill? it's more understandable but it's been done by shamelessly you are what's known as a clone than monty python. blurring the line between candidate, and that some people leading the challenge, will make a mistake and vote incredibly, is a comedian fiction and fact. with no political experience. for you instead of yulia tymoshenko. but is the showman simply a front for ukraine's most controversial businessman? for the last three years, mr zelensky has been starring jonah fisherfrom the bbc. in a tv show called you don't want me messing with you. servant of the people. he plays an ordinary guy who unexpectedly wins yurii has declared an annual income ukraine's election.

so this cost you $92,000. will money be all that matters? of less than $10,000 per year. are you crazy? could this be the year that so, this cost you $92,000. a candidate emerges to break the stranglehold of laughing ukraine's oligarchs? mr zelensky‘s campaign pitch is basically, vote for me and get are you crazy?! the fictional president, yurii tells me he borrowed the money holoborodko. for those who still don't get it, he's called his political party servant of the people, and will eventually pay it back. just like his tv show. 0k, and will you be inviting yulia tymoshenko as well? but there is one rather important difference between the real even if yurii getsjust 1%, candidate and the fictional president — on tv, much is made of the president it could be curtains for yulia. maxim golosnoy has a dream. to be ukraine's next president. defying the powerful oligarchs that president poroshenko has denied any dominate ukrainian politics. involvement in yurii's candidacy. the polls suggest the oligarch is in a desperate battle for survival. in reality, all volodymyr zelensky‘s the chocolate king has proved shows are broadcast on a channel

a steady hand in the conflict owned by the country's most controversial billionaire, ihor kolomoyskyi. against russian—backed rebels in the east and turned the country decisively towards europe, these days, you have to leave but his record on fighting ukraine to find him. corruption is decidedly mixed. jonah fisherfrom the bbc. after the previous revolution, you don't want us to be messing with you. we've come to israel everyone was ready for a rare interview. to wait for a better life. so you are a billionaire, everyone understands the system should be changed, but you drive yourself. and there's no other way. and it's a skoda. he did not change the system. mr kolomoyskyi is not quite on the run but, that is the problem. back in ukraine, he's been accused he missed the historical of theft on an extraordinary scale. window of opportunity. mr poroshenko's failings financial investigators allege that can be clearly seen in ukraine's mr kolomoyskyi and his business partners were responsible for a $5.5 unreformed justice system. billion black hole in the account of the bank that they owned. in march 2017, to great fanfare, roman nasirov, the head of ukraine's fiscal service, it's called privatbank. was arrested while receiving medical treatment. they actually realised that that bank would be — in bizarre scenes, a good source of funding for — for them personally he appeared in court, lying in bed. and for their businesses.

effectively, these oligarchs were treating mr nasirov was accused privatbank, the deposits... of helping an oligarch avoid paying tens of as their own. ..as their own piggy bank. millions of dollars in tax. at the time, it was seen as ukraine at last getting serious as their own, yeah, exactly. about tackling high—level corruption. well, piggy bank — yeah, it's a big pig. it's a big pig. two years on, mr nasirov is healthy, it's a huge bank. out on bail, with the bank on the brink of collapse, ukraine's president has been reinstated in hisjob and rival oligarch petro poroshenko announced that it was being taken and has succeeded in turning court from mr kolomoyskyi proceedings into a complete farce. and nationalised. this is the prosecutor. mr kolomoyskyi denies it all. listen closely. "fake news," he tells me. it doesn't make much sense, even if you understand ukrainian. at mr nasirov‘s request, instead of a short summary, the prosecutor is being forced to read the full 776—page indictment so is this election your chance to get revenge for what happened with privatbank? of dense financial documents. after a year of sporadically held hearings,

they are still hundreds of pages away from actually starting the trial. every couple of weeks, this bizarre scene repeats itself. and that leads us thejudges, lawyers, the defendant come here back to the comedian. and listen to the indictment being speed read. it's a massive waste of everyone‘s time. hey, how's it going? yeah? i'm sure you've heard that people 0k. are saying that you are just mr nasirov insists he is innocent a puppet of ihor kolomoyskyi. and the victim of a politically motivated prosecution. the prosecutor says you could waive the right for this to be read. that you've been put forward as his candidate. so, it's a new thing. so i can waive the right, so the obligation by ukrainian law to announce the indictment, take this opportunity to reassure people that, so they should be announcing if you were president, the indictment, i shouldn't be if you won this election, waiving something, right? that you would continue efforts well, they basically say that you are deliberately slowing this to get the billions of dollars process down because you don't want to face justice. that he allegedly stole back i am not slowing the process down. to ukraine, and that you would continue with all the investigations that are still ongoing you can — your lawyers can,

you can query everything. into ihor kolomoyskyi? 0k, do you agree that the judges need to hear the indictment? well, if they've got it in paper, they could just read it. that saves a lot of this time here, if theyjust read it. you need to understand the judges are not reading it at home. mr nasirov is not lacking in money or confidence. incredibly, he's paid the $92,000 and is also running for president. the problem is that the justice in search of answers, system is rotten. i spoke to the man who first fired mr nasirov. and judges in ukraine it's often said that he is a are easily bought and prone close ally of president poroshenko. to political interference. he served the political elites, i want to say. you know, the system cannot afford, cannot let people like nasirov be punished. nasirov is being protected by the corrupt elite that surrounds him. yes, absolutely. in elizavetovka, maxim golosnoy is visiting one of his constituents. she is 79 years old. half of the village are pensioners, he was a symbol of the fighting and corruption in 2017. scraping by on about $50 a month. now, he's a symbol that it doesn't work.

it's crunch time for maxim golosnoy at the supreme court. he's been summoned to find out if his appeal has been successful. defeat here and his bid to run for the presidency without paying the fee will be over. it's defeat. there will be 39 names on ukraine's presidential ballot paper. maxim golosnoy will not be among them.

do you think the power of big money, of the oligarchs in this country will ever be broken?