Did you know that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky produced and starred in the TV show ‘Servant of the People’?

Netizens are drawing parallels to the current situation of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, from the political satire show he starred in and produced.

Netizens are drawing parallels to the current situation of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, from the political satire show he starred in and produced.

Long before becoming President of Ukraine, actor-comedian Volodymyr Zelensky created, produced and starred in a political satire show public servant, Amidst the war between Ukraine and Russia, netizens have dug up Zelensky’s old videos from the show which have gone viral on social media.

public servant About a high school teacher who becomes Ukraine’s “accidental” president after a video of his rant against the government goes viral. Since the Ukraine crisis, netizens have been sharing clips from public servantParallel to Zelensky’s current situation.

It should be noted that in 2019 a Russian channel pulled a scene from the show which allegedly made a joke about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

public servant The first premiered in 2015 and ran until 2019. The makers have released the show for free on YouTube with English subtitles.

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