Before the war, the Ukrainian president was repeatedly accused of surrounding himself with friends instead of experts. Now he is deposing the heads of the secret service and the general public prosecutor’s office. Does the high number of defectors force him to do so?
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Catherine Kahlweit
Ivan Bakanov is an old friend of the Ukrainian President. The two have known each other since childhood, studied law together and then founded a production company. Bakanov, who always looks a bit grim, played a big part in popular actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy becoming head of state of Ukraine not only in his series “Servant of the People”, but also in real life.