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Andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its a great Honour And Privilege to be here. Well, its great to have you in the studio. Let me take you back to February 2022. Putin orders an all out invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest in the russian Orthodox Church, choose to speak out against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian Orthodox Church . I think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that many people would suggest that the war would be over in a very short period of time. So i dont think that any of us was acting out of any kind of prediction. And i think when i spoke out against the war, ....
i was a nursing student and going to cal state la, and, you know, hanging out and doing what most 20, 21yearolds do. And i was dragged to this club, and there was lev parnas. Gold chain and his cartier glasses and his christian audigier goldfoiled hoodie. He said he was in la to produce a movie. The evening went by. We were talking. We were relating. Me and lev are both immigrants from ukraine. Similar background, similar upbringing. The foundation, it s still the soviet union. The next day, he shows up in a stretch limo in front of my house to pick me up for lunch. It s just a certain way that they produce people out of russia and ukraine that s different than anywhere else. He proposed four days later, and we were married within six months. All of our friends and family thought we were completely off our rockers. It was like, nobody matters. Nothing you say can stop us. Like, that s it. It s like beyoncé and jayz, bonnie and clyde. Like, let s do this. We re going to conquer the w ....
I was a nursing st and g, and, you know, hanging out and doing what most 20, 21yearolds do. And i was dragged to this club, and there was Lev Parnas. Gold chain and his cartier glasses and his Christian Audigier goldfoiled hoodie. He said he was in la to produce a movie. The evening went by. We were talking. We were relating. Me and lev are both immigrants from ukraine. Similar background, similar upbringing. The foundation, its still the soviet union. The next day, he shows up in a Stretch Limo in front of my house to pick me up for lunch. Its just a certain way that they produce people out of Russia And Ukraine thats different than anywhere else. He proposed four days later, and we were married within six months. All of our friends and family thought we were com ....