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In this interview, I speak to Kira Rudik. She is a Member of Parliament of Ukraine and First Deputy Chairwoman of the Parliament Committee on Digital Transformation. Kira is Leader of Golos…
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We have learned that the things that matter are not the physical, and material things. What matters in life is hope. Tomorrow is not a given, and we must be happy about small things and we must seize the day.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
Hope is the only choice I have. What gives me hope is that people are able to find love and humanity in their hearts in spite of everything that is happening here in Ukraine.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, it will show that democracy and the world's forces are not enough to stop him. Are we building a world where the rule of law means something? Or a world where the rule of law means nothing, and only firepower counts.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
Our story, our fight, the story of President Zelenskyy… these all come together in the story of how everyone is capable of more than the world expects of them, and what we expected of ourselves. It's only when we were asked what price we were prepared to pay that we found the truth; we were prepared to pay with our lives.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
We're afraid of living under constant terrorism, and the constant threat of a neighbour who wants to kill you and destroy everything you care about. The escalation is already here. He has already reached a point of escalation that we must not tolerate – he is already doing everything he is capable of.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
Our story, our fight, the story of President Zelenskyy… these all come together in the story of how everyone is capable of more than the world expects of them.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
We're afraid of living under constant terrorism, and the constant threat of a neighbour who wants to kill you and destroy everything you care about. The escalation is already here.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
You cannot trust Russia, that Putin is rebuilding the Russian Empire and they are fighting not to win, but to rebuild their empire as an ideological way to resolve domestic issues, and further feed evil.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
However brave you are, you can't protect yourself against a huge pile of metal coming from the sky to kill you and everything you love.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
It's only when we were asked what price we were prepared to pay that we found the truth; we were prepared to pay with our lives.
— Kira RudikUkrainian politician and head of Servant of the People party faction
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