Shakespearean passions! Elections in Ukraine. China is conflicted: who is Mr. Trump, a “cultural revolutionary” and an “extreme rude man”? US insurance: how much does Greenland cost...

Cartoon by Oleksandr Sydorenko.

The premiere of “Macbeth” in Kiev was immediately overshadowed by the diplomatic disaster that erupted that same day between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump at the White House. The director seems to want to direct the comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but “it’s impossible not to think about politics, war and spymen today.” Viewers draw parallels between Shakespeare's characters and current characters. For some, Macbeth guesses the bloody dictator in Moscow.