I don't know. While watching those episodes that I managed to find time for, I had the feeling that it was all "lies." I was there myself, I saw everything, and it was all quite different. The actors did a good job and tried their best, but they themselves seemed out of place.
Read the rough drafts of Might and Magic. There's no Master or Margarita there. The main focus is on the story of Christ. And it's been pushed into the background. But the anti-Soviet sentiment is very prominent. That's not why Stalin liked Bulgakov.