World of Politics with Harry McGee

The last meaningful trip Voldymry Zelenskyy took to Ireland was in 2017. Back then he was not a politician; he was a comedian and a TV performer, which at least gave him a comparison point to his US counterpart Donald Trump.

A TV comedy drama he made in 2015, Servant of the People, made him a huge star in Ukraine. It was about a history teacher who sounded off about the poor state of Ukraine to his class. Unbeknown to him, one of the pupils filmed him and the video went viral. On the back of it, the character played by Zelenskyy became president of Ukraine.

A longtime friend of his from Ukraine, who lives in Ireland,........

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