[VIDEO] Politics, Ukraine Style: Just Days Ahead of Election, Mayoral Candidate Valeria Prokopenko’s Compromising Video Leaks

Jed Smith reports: Valeria Prokopenko was a 21-year-old mayoral candidate in Odessa, Ukraine, an impressively ambitious young woman by any standard. She’s also in the spotlight for an unexpected reason.

A video from her recent past has cropped up, just days before voters hit the polls—but did it hurt her chances, or help them?

The video, which the law school graduate said she made for a beauty contest known as ‘Miss Olymp,’ begins with Prokopenko rolling around her bed wearing gray leggings, and then follows her around the apartment as she dances, puts on makeup, poses in sultry positions, and shows off various “sexy” outfits.

It’s being assumed now that an opponent leaked the video in order to damage Prokopenko’s campaign.

But apparently, since the leak, her popularity has skyrocketed….(read more)

Source: ijreview