The shocking rise of performer Volodymyr Zelensky as the frontrunner in the March 31 Ukrainian Presidential election has been greeted with derision, defamation, and skepticism. He’s been labelled variously as a “clown,” a “joke without experience,” and “Ukraine’s Donald Trump.”But Zelensky is no “clown,” nor is he the Slavic version of Donald Trump. He is a lawyer who has made millions as a producer and performer with theatrical productions and a hit television series called Servant of the People. Now on Netflix, the series stars him as a naive history teacher whose classroom rant about the rampant corruption in Ukraine …read more
Source: The American Interest
