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In Ukraine’s presidential elections, life is imitating Netflix

30 March 2019

9:00 AM

30 March 2019

9:00 AM

Servant of the People is a hilarious Ukrainian situation comedy currently running on Netflix. It opens with a young high-school teacher launching into a foul-mouthed rant against the corruption and venality of his country’s political class. ‘Why are all the honest people fools and the clever ones are thieves?’ shouts nerdy but honest history master Vasyl Holoborodko to a colleague.

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