Oligarchs like Kolomoisky have one ideology: profit and power. Zelensky's reelection no longer depends on financing by one oligarch, if it ever did. Having run a successful film production company, he

knows how to deal transactionally with predators like this. If you watch Servant of the People on Netflix, you get a clear view of how he cynically he views them. You can also view the series as Zelensky's introductory campaign infomercial. He doubtless knew that, in an unstable country struggling for real independence, life might imitate art. If Berlusconi and Trump could do it, well, why not me?