CANCELLED | Live Free or Die: A Ukrainian Parliamentarian on Lessons from the War | Oleksiy Goncharenko

Monday, May 1, 2023
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
(Pacific)

William J. Perry Conference Room

Speaker: 
  • Oleksiy Goncharenko

Lunch will be served at the William J. Perry Conference Room from 12:00 PM-12:30 PM

About the Event: What is happening in Ukraine? The free world is fighting a war against dictatorship. And good news...the free world is winning.

About the Speaker: Oleksiy Goncharenko is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Ukrainian parliament, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and Vice President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. He is a member of the "European Solidarity" group in Parliament, and head of the caucuses "For Democratic Belarus," and "For Free Caucasus." 

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Oleksiy Goncharenko joined the country’s civilian Territorial Defense Forces for the first month. Не has fought against Russian propaganda, and he also publishes widely in international media in order to bring the truth to the world about Ukraine. He was included in the sanctioned persons lists of the Russian Federation. 

Oleksiy is a founder of Ukraine’s largest network of educational-cultural centers, the Goncharenko Centers, which since February 2022 have become volunteer hubs.

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