The appointment of foreign ministers to the Ukrainian government is a disgrace, - world-famous pianist of Ukrainian origin
New York - Kyiv, January 19 (PolitNavigator, Vasily Ablyazimov) - In an interview with German Economic News, the world famous American pianist of Ukrainian origin Valentina Lisitsa called the appointment of foreign ministers to the Ukrainian government a “humiliating fact.”
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The German Economic News interviewed the pianist. Among other things, the journalists asked her about the appointment of foreign ministers to the Ukrainian government. Valentyna Lisitsa responded that she found this very offensive.
She stated: “There are 40 million Ukrainians, among whom there are many people who are capable of solving these tasks, they have experience and skills. It’s a shame that they didn’t appoint Ukrainians instead of foreigners.
The same Minister of Finance Natalya Yaresko does not want, for example, to use the European model of the healthcare system in Ukraine, but is going to copy the US healthcare system. This means that there will be a proposal to privatize everything in the field of healthcare and the training system for medical personnel.”
Valentina Lisitsa also commented on plans to “minimize the Ukrainian budget deficit” by abandoning compulsory secondary education enshrined in the Constitution: “Yaresko wants the right to education and the right to health care to be removed from the Constitution. I think it's a humiliating position."
Background : Valentina Lisitsa was born in 1973 in Kyiv. She currently lives with her husband and son, Alexey Kuznetsov, in North Carolina. Her husband is also a pianist.
Lisitsa is a graduate of the Conservatory in Kyiv, and constantly performs in such prestigious halls as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Benaroya and the Royal Albert Hall. Videos of her performances receive tens of millions of views on the Internet.