Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik will speak at Scottish Liberal Democrat party conference
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today announced that Ukrainian MP and the leader of Golos Liberal Political Party, Kira Rudik, will address the party conference in Dundee this weekend.
Kira Rudik is the leader of Golos Political Party, sister party of the Liberal Democrats. She has been included in the TOP-100 most influential women in Ukraine according to the Focus and Novoe Vremya magazines. In November 2022, Kira received the Women in Politics Champion of the Year Award from The Alliance of Her.
Kira will address the Scottish Liberal Democrat party conference on Saturday and she will be available for print, radio and TV interviews throughout the day.
Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
“Today’s news is an incredibly exciting and important moment. Kira has done an amazing job of bringing the plight of the Ukrainian people to the world’s attention.
“As we commemorate twelve months since the atrocious and barbarous invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin, we need to support our Ukrainian friends now more than ever.
“I am absolutely delighted that Kira will come and demonstrate the power of liberals standing together in defiance of authoritarianism and brutality.
“Kira stands in solidarity with us in Dundee as we stand in solidarity with her and the people of Ukraine.”