While the Ukrainian CEC is summing up the results of the second round of the presidential election, the future first lady of the country Elena Zelenskaya is actively discussing in Ukraine and Russia.

According to the data of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission, after processing 99.03% of the protocols, Vladimir Zelensky is gaining more than 73.22% of the vote against 24.46% of the current president, Petro Poroshenko.

Not so much is known about the potential new first lady of Ukraine - they are known, first of all, as one of the authors of the Kvartal 95 studio, founded in the early 2000s by Zelensky and his colleagues in the KVN creative team of the same name. Elena and Vladimir have been married since 2003.

After the official announcement of the results of the second round of the presidential election and the subsequent inauguration of her spouse Elena Zelenskaya will become the youngest first lady in the history of the country - she is only 41 years old. It differs from its predecessors not only age, but also the approach to its own style. Designer Andrei Tishchenko, who worked for Vladimir Zelensky and is well acquainted with his wife, told RT that Elena preferred the more “classic” images, unlike, for example, from the wife of Petro Poroshenko.

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“Lena loves everything very discreet, very modest, with taste. She loves, of course, more classics than the use of national symbols in clothes like, say, Marina Poroshenko loves. Everything is tasteful with her, ”the designer emphasized. Zelenskaya herself, however, in an interview with the Ukrainian media, admitted that a couple of years ago she succumbed to fashion, and in her wardrobe there are still some embroidered shirts.

Tishchenko added that from the point of view of the approach to clothes Elena looks more like the wife of US leader Donald Trump Melanya. Like the first lady of the United States, Zelenskaya often appears in public in costumes in the same style. The designer is confident that she will easily cope with the role of the wife of the president.

“Helen behaved like a first lady all her life. And I always said: “Vova! Your wife is really like the first lady of the country: sustained, with taste. ” She is a very energetically strong person. And even when Vladimir has a lot of filming, she always comes to the set, they are a little “pokurkuyut”, and she leaves. She is always his support, ”the Ukrainian designer shared.

Studied at the same school

Elena Zelenskaya, nee Kiyashko, was born in the city of Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk region in 1978. Although Kiyashko and Zelensky studied in parallel classes at gymnasium No. 95 in Krivoy Rog, they met after graduation, when they entered different universities in their hometown.

By education Elena is a specialist in the field of construction, at one time she graduated with honors from Krivoy Rog Technical University. I didn’t have to work in the specialty of the future first lady - she built a career in show business and is known, above all, as a screenwriter for the Kvartal 95 studio. Before that she wrote scripts for the KVN team of the same name, in which Vladimir Zelensky was a member.

Vladimir had been waiting for the right moment for eight years to make Elena an offer. Later, he told reporters that he wanted to build a career, and then have children, so that he had the opportunity to devote enough time to their upbringing. Now the couple is raising a 14-year-old daughter, Alexander, and a 6-year-old son, Cyril.

Jointly acquired

According to the tax declaration of Vladimir Zelensky, his spouse owns 0.01% of Kvartal 95 studio. It also owns 25% of the canned fish production company Zellari Fish LLC.

Elena Zelenskaya owns two apartments in Kiev and the Crimea with a total area of ​​413.8 square meters. m, as well as two non-residential premises in Kiev, a total area of ​​643.7 square meters. m. In addition, Elena and Vladimir rent an apartment in the UK.

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The list of expensive property issued for Elena Zelenskaya also includes the Mercedes S 500 4Matic. In the declaration of Vladimir Zelensky were included and especially valuable jewelry belonging to his wife, including watches Breguet and Piaget, as well as jewelry with Graff diamonds.

At the same time, Elena Zelenskaya, by all appearances, is not at all interested in the underlined luxurious lifestyle and social events. This, in particular, says Ukrainian designer Alexander Vasilyev.

“She does not appear as often as we would like: she leads a rather secluded life and appears in the light only with Vladimir in a couple,” the designer says in an interview with RT. - In Kiev, they say about her that she is very restrained, she is not a party person. Therefore, if it appears in the light, it is only with Vladimir, for example, at the premieres of films. ”