Ukraine Diaries Quotes

“Yesterday, Parliament announced an open forum day. Everyone was given the chance to speak. Or, in other words, no one listened.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“Even reading the news feed on the Internet, you can sense which information is credible among all the thousands of propagandist lies.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“In one of my novels I described a secret factory, hidden away in the Ural Mountains, which produced artificial meteorites. The dream of the Soviet military’s high command: bombarding the United States with artificial meteorites, while making people believe they were real ones.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“I do not want to believe everything I read in the press. The papers, particularly the online editions, publish a lot of false news.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“In politics there is nothing simpler than simply talking, and nothing more complicated than simply acting.”
― Andrey Kurkov , Ukraine Diaries

“Europe, so vociferous in her support during the Maidan protests, has subsequently fallen silent and walked away, preferring to profit from trade with Russia. Money matters more than democracy.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“Only in Italy are elections as carnivalesque as they are here. Except, in Ukraine, the carnival is always anarchistic, and more or less uncontrollable.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“I will have to pay more attention to Russian weather forecasts in future, to check that Kiev, Warsaw, Riga and Vilnius are not included in their maps.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“I don’t think the warriors will be prosecuted. These young fantasy enthusiasts are the most exotic armed group of the Eurorevolution. They appeared in the Maidan in December, wielding wooden swords and shields, and at first brought a carnival atmosphere to the demonstrations. They distinguished themselves during confrontations with the Berkut. Later, their ranks were thinned out by snipers. Some were killed, others wounded. And the only thing that remains exotic about them is their name.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“Only this time Russia has not been able to – and will not be able to – find another Ribbentrop and another Molotov to conclude a new pact prepared by the Kremlin.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“Inna Bohoslovska is scaring everyone by repeating that Putin wants war.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries

“On 4 March, Yuriy Kravchenko was found dead in his dacha. Official verdict: suicide. In spite of the fact that Kravchenko was killed by two bullets in his head.”
― Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine Diaries