Olga Rudenko
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218 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3 Apr
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And on one day in November, 2028, he just fired everybody.
The entire paper, 50 people were fired effective immediately.
And he initially planned to shut it down, but then he restarted it with a more loyal staff.
And it's still active now.
That is a very interesting question.
And, of course, if you compare Ukraine to Russia and Zelenskyy to Putin, with that unfettering backdrop, Zelenskyy can seem like a supporter of independent press.
But, so first of all, all the things that I'm describing, the pressure that was being put on the newspaper, that happened under Zelenskyy.
That happened under his administration.
And so what you need to understand about Zelenskyy is that
He, first and foremost, he does not love criticism.
Well, nobody does.
But he comes from a background where he is used to hearing applause.
Not criticism.
As a comedian, as an actor, yes, he's used to that.
And one sympathizes with that.
But as a president, as a politician, you don't get a pause very often.
You get criticism.
You get short questions.
And it is part of the job to be able to answer that.
Even before the war, you could see at press conferences and his reactions to questions that were asked of him that he, to put it very simply, he had a very thin skin for that.
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