Why I Went to the Maidan Protests in Kiev
Lesson Brief
Новое Время - Украина
Everyone who took part in the protests on the Maidan in Kiev had different reasons for being there. According to Ukainian singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, the lead singer in the band Okean Elzy, it is now time for Ukrainians to decide what type of country they want and what values they want to stand for. Do they want more freedom and lower economic prosperity, do they want high prosperity but with less freedom, or do they want something with both.
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- of course!, naturally! (interjection)
- разумеется
- to endure, to suffer, to tolerate
- терпеть, потерпеть
- so much, so many
- столько
- to disperse, to scatter
- разогнять, разогнать
- safety, security
- безопасность
- to consist (of), to be a member (of)
- состоять
- extremely, exceedingly
- крайне
- to draw nearer, to come closer
- сближаться
- to strive (for), to aspire (to)
- стремиться, устремиться
- prosperity
- процветание