It seems the Russian troll farms that interfered in the 2016 election actually drew inspiration from the political strife of Kevin Spacey’s Netflix drama.
Jokes about reality resembling a bad House of Cards plot may have been more accurate than we realized.
Notably, House of Cards has its own Putin analog with Lars Mikkelsen’s “Petrov,” while the series itself has often dealt with tense Russian relations.
It’s also worth noting that “Maksim” was apparently working for the St. Petersburg troll agency in 2015, before the election actually took place.