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!!The President and his team:

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->Played by: Elena Kravets

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->Played by: Yevhen Koshovyy

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->Played by: Yury Krapov
Minister of Finance.

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->Played by: Oleksandr Pikalov

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->Played by: Tetyana Pechonkina

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->Played by: Mykhailo Fatalov

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->Played by: Halyna Bezruk (Season 1), Anastasia Chepelyuk (Season 2)

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!!Goloborodko family:

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->Played by: Viktor Saraykin

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->Played by: Natalya Sumska

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->Played by: Kateryna Kisten

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->Played by: Rinat Khabibulin

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!!Other Government Officials:

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->Played by: Stanislav Boklan

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->Played by: Valentyna Ishchenko

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->Played by: Olha Zhukovtsova-Kyiashko

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->Played by: Heorhiy Povolotskyy

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->Played by: Dmytro Surzhykov

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->Played by: Vladimir Goryanskiy (Rustem Mamatov), Yuriy Grebelnik (Andrey Nemchuk), Dmitry Lalenkov (Mikhail Roizman)

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->Played by: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
A high school history teacher who was elected the President of Ukraine in a landslide.

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A high school history teacher who was gets elected the President of Ukraine UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in a landslide.landslide.
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler:After a chaos rulers, injustice prison life and region been separated, he had been the one in season 3.]]
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* MeaningfulName: "Goloborodko" translates to "bare-chin", which could mean [[NaiveNewcomer "young and inexperienced"]].
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->Played by: Dmytro Surzhykov
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[[folder:Dmitry Surikov]]
Olya's new boyfriend, and head of the Central Bank of Ukraine after [[spoiler:she becomes acting Prime Minister]]. Later on he's [[spoiler:promoted to PM himself]].
* BaldOfEvil: He's bald, and as his motives are revealed it's clear he's no good guy.
* WildCard: He helps Goloborodko (or at least pretends to), but also works with the oligarchs. During [[spoiler:the presidential race]]in Season 2, he [[spoiler:campaigns as well, as a spoiler candidate]].
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* CosmopolitanCouncil: Downplayed. Of the three oligarchs, Nemchuk is ethnically Ukrainian, Mamatov is a Tatar, and Roizman is Jewish. You wouldn't know that from looking at them, though.
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->Played by: Vladimir Goryanskiy (Rustem Mamatov), Yuriy Grebelnik (Andrey Nemchuk), Dmitry Lalenkov (Mikhail Roizman)


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* EvilCripple: One of three BigBad oligarchs is sometimes wheelchairbound.


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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: During the events of the movie and the corresponding arc of season 2, the oligarch Mikhail Roizman is replaced by his brother, as he has business to attend in London. If not for two casually delivered lines (one about leaving for London and his brother taking over his business for the time being, and another one about being back and asking what he missed), a casual viewer could easily think Roizman had been [[TheOtherDarrin temporarily recast]]. It doesn't help that the two brothers are never seen together[[spoiler:, and after Mikhail Roizman is arrested, his brother also vanishes.]]

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* AffablyEvil: Despite being a corrupt SleazyPolitician, he's almost always cordial and friendly with Vasiliy.
* ButtMonkey: In Season 2, when [[spoiler:he has to go around the country incognito with Vasiliy]], he has to [[spoiler:wear a ShockCollar on his ankle]], which Tolik takes glee in using.



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* LoyalToThePositionLoyalToThePosition: She worked for several previous presidents, and has remained in her position because she's loyal to the office rather than to individual politicians.
* PutOnABus: In Season 2, she vanishes, with a brief mention of her having retired.


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* NotSoAboveItAll: When she and Mukhin are stalling the IMF representatives, she seems to enjoy the scheme of getting them drunk every night as much as Mukhin does, and helps him pull it off.


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* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: They spend as much time arguing as they do actually trying to take Vasiliy down.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Being an [[FunnyForeigner Armenian]], he sometimes mixes up words in Ukrainian or Russian.

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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Despite obviously being able to enrich himself (as seen in real life, unfortunately), Vasiliy insists on being honest at work and living a modest lifestyle, and does not accept bribes. This also applies to the members of his team.



* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only woman in Vasily's close circle of advisers, at least until Anna comes along.



[[folder:Anna Mikhailovna]]
->Played by: Halyna Bezruk (Season 1), Anastasia Chepelyuk (Season 2)
General Adviser to the president, formerly a member of the Ministry for Development, and Vasily's girlfriend/mistress. [[spoiler:She's also secretly TheMole for the oligarchs.]]
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Not that she wasn't attractive before, in a GlassesAreSexy way, but when she starts LettingHerHairDown and takes off her glasses, she becomes a full-on SexySecretary and catches Mukhin's attention.


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[[folder:The Oligarchs]]
Three oligarchs who try to take down Goloborodko.
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* ChemicallyInducedInsanity: She is slipped a drug by her underlings, who resent the new administration's anti-corruption stance (and also probably hate taking orders from a woman). It goes into effect when she visits a bar after work, and they videotape her dancing and singing in the rain like she's in a musical. She flees the country in disgrace. Later, Mikhail, her replacement, discovers what happened to her and does the same thing to the security agents.


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* GetRichQuickScheme: After she's fired from a government job she managed to talk her way into, she tries leveraging her status as the President's sister to become a business owner in various industries.
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!!The President and his team:

[[folder:Vasily Petrovych Goloborodko]]
->Played by: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
A high school history teacher who was elected the President of Ukraine in a landslide.
* FishOutOfWater: He has no experience with the nitty-gritty of politics, but he's a quick learner.
* TheIdealist: Played with. He truly believes in fighting corruption, and that people are generally good at heart, but he doesn't ignore the fact that a huge part of Ukrainian society is corrupt and will lie and cheat to bring him down.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: At least he seems to be, what with his firm anti-corruption principles. When his enemies try to dig up dirt on him, they find it hard to find records of him doing ''anything'' bad.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Vasily is an idealistic, devoted and honest president, who lives with his parents, rides a bicycle to work (when he doesn't take a bus) and overall thinks and acts as a regular person. He does have some trouble with many aspects of high-powered politics, but that is more due to his complete lack of relevant experience than anything else.
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[[folder:Olya Yuriyivna Mischenko]]
->Played by: Elena Kravets
Vasily's ex-wife. He names her as head of the Central Bank.
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[[folder:Sergey Viktorovich Mukhin]]
->Played by: Yevhen Koshovyy
A former actor who Vasily appointed as Foreign Minister.
* TheCasanova: He's quite the ladies' man, and uses his seduction skills to get advantageous deals for Ukraine.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: His first press conference consists of him mentioning that [[NationalStereotypes/{{Africa}} all Africans are black]] and asking the press if the word "negroes" (a term he repeatedly used) is offensive. Apparently, a joke he cracked afterwards was so offensive the news anchor outright mentioned that [[TakeOurWordForIt it couldn't be aired on TV]].
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[[folder:Mikhaylo Ivanovich Sanin]]
->Played by: Yury Krapov
Minister of Finance.
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[[folder:Ivan Andreyevich Skorik]]
->Played by: Oleksandr Pikalov
A navy captain and old friend of Vasily's, now the Minister of Defense.
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[[folder:Nina Yegorovna Tretyak]]
->Played by: Tetyana Pechonkina
Vasily's former teacher, and briefly the head of State Security Service.
* PutOnABus: She only lasts a couple episodes before fleeing the country in disgrace after being slipped a madness-inducing drug.
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[[folder:Mikhail Ashotovich Tasunyan]]
->Played by: Mykhailo Fatalov
An old friend of Vasily, who takes over as head of State Security after Nina Yegorovna resigns.
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!!Goloborodko family:
[[folder:Petro Vasillyevich Goloborodko]]
->Played by: Viktor Saraykin
Vasily's father, an unlicensed taxi driver.
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[[folder:Mariya Goloborodko]]
->Played by: Natalya Sumska
Vasily's mother, a nurse.
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[[folder:Svetlana "Sveta" Petrovna Sakhno]]
->Played by: Kateryna Kisten
Vasily's sister.
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[[folder:Natasha Sakhno]]
->Played by: Anna Koshmal
Sveta's daughter, and Vasily's niece.
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[[folder:Dima Goloborodko]]
->Played by: Rinat Khabibulin
Vasily and Olya's son.
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!!Other Government Officials:
[[folder:Yuriy Ivanovich Chuiko]]
->Played by: Stanislav Boklan
The Prime Minister of Ukraine.
* EvilChancellor: While more smug and selfish than outright evil, the prime minister is definitely not on Vasiliy's side. Played straight later on [[spoiler:when he is revealed to be in bed with the three oligarchs. His successor in season 2 turns out to be even worse.]]
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[[folder:Bella Rudolfovna]]
->Played by: Valentyna Ishchenko
Vasily's secretary.
* LoyalToThePosition
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[[folder:Oksana Skovoroda]]
->Played by: Olha Zhukovtsova-Kyiashko
Mukhin's secretary.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: She is vastly more competent than Mukhin at pretty much anything to do with foreign affairs. She knows foreign languages, customs, and when not to translate whatever offensive thing her boss just said.
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[[folder:Tolya]]
->Played by: Heorhiy Povolotskyy
Vasily's bodyguard. Initially one of several dozen bodyguards who Vasily fired, he alone was later hired back.
* TheBigGuy: He is very big and tall, and has an intimidating presence.
* TheQuietOne: He hardly ever speaks.
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