Olga Bielkova: What we have learned this winter in Ukraine
EuroMaidan revolution of civil protest ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in late Feb. 2014.
What differentiates a free people from the oppressed? Is it independent media? A strong civil society? Universal suffrage? All those matter, but, at the fundamental level, the difference boils down to one thing, and one thing only: the ability and willingness of the citizens to take personal responsibility for their lives, for the way they are governed, and for their future. In Ukraine, we now understand this basic truth like never before. The hard lesson of what it means to take responsibility for our country is what we've learned this winter.
