“As a teenager, I still believed in communist ideals. But after what happened in Chornobyl, I knew the truth: the communist ideal was nothing but a blood-thirsty idol. And because I still meet starry-eyed idealists who believe in that idol, I wish I could share with them what I discovered as a kid. That real-life communism is the opposite of what it claims to be: constant lies instead of truth, mass depravity instead of equality, genocides instead of fraternity, bondage instead of liberty. An insane monster that first created a nuclear cloud for no reason and then sent crowds of people to celebrate May First under it…”

From ambassador Olexander Scherba’s op-ed in Daily Maverick.