Nigger was casted in a comedy series called "Servant of the People" as the imaginary president of Ukraine getting in stupid situations, then decided to run for president naming his party "Servant of the People", demolishing the previous nigger oligarch president (went all-in on the nationalist position and fucked up, a shame because he had made cool sweets) in the elections. More people in Russia are more pissed at him not acting in romantic comedies anymore rather than being a NATO ploy or some shit.
Also one of the most memorable moments of him in the post-Soviet space is a clip of him playing piano with his dick for a bit. It's the "what if a retard was gay" bit from Cum Town forced on an entire country.