CHAPTER 9
Surviving Victory
I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.
NELSON MANDELA
I remember sitting in the living room of my Kyiv apartment one night early in 2005, drinking whiskey with my friend and colleague Vitaliy Sych. As the editor in chief of Korrespondent, Ukraine’s most popular newsmagazine, Vitaliy was one of the most prominent journalists in the country and one of the best people to talk to if you wanted to get a sense of the zeitgeist of the nation.
We had developed a great working relationship in the office, but what I really treasured was to get a few quiet hours to sit and talk with my friend. Apparently, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman felt the same way, because upon meeting Vitaliy in 2014, his next ...
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