Editor’s Note: As Ukraine gets set to inaugurate its sixth president by May 30, the Kyiv Post is asking Ukrainians who live abroad to send in their picture (mug shot) with answers to the following three questions for publication. Please keep responses brief — no more than 200 words for each answer or 600 words in all. Include contact details for verification as well as full name, occupation and country of residence. A selection of respondents will be published periodically before Volodymyr Zelenskiy is sworn in as president. Send responses/photos with the subject header “Ukrainian Voices From Abroad” to Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner at [email protected]
Andriy Stepanov, a clergyman, has lived in Warsaw, Poland, for more than 25 years.
Kyiv Post: What do you hope for most from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy?
Andriy Stepanov: The most important is that Ukraine would join NATO and the European Union. It gives the only possibility to enter civilization for the nation.
Kyiv Post: What is the No. 1 priority facing Ukraine?
Andriy Stepanov: The war with Russia is the biggest threat as well as information hybrid war. It destroys the normal development of Ukraine.
Kyiv Post: What is the biggest obstacle that the new president must overcome to achieve success?
Andriy Stepanov: Populism and oligarchies. Hard to say what is bigger. Oligarchies having media rule minds of Ukrainians.
