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Zelensky was the star of a sitcom about a public school teacher who becomes president, and cleans up government corruption.
Ukraine was incredibly corrupt, filled with Russian stooges who were looting the country blind, and the people wanted Zelensky’s character as president. That character was fictional, so Zelensky was the next best thing, and it turns out that he took his job as seriously as his TV character.
There is still a long road ahead, but I believe that they can weed out the last problems. they need to get out of the soviet mentality, and that happens best with cooperation with EU.
Zelensky was the star of a sitcom about a public school teacher who becomes president, and cleans up government corruption.
Ukraine was incredibly corrupt, filled with Russian stooges who were looting the country blind, and the people wanted Zelensky’s character as president. That character was fictional, so Zelensky was the next best thing, and it turns out that he took his job as seriously as his TV character.
There is still a long road ahead, but I believe that they can weed out the last problems. they need to get out of the soviet mentality, and that happens best with cooperation with EU.