A year ago, everyone gathered in the streets of Kyiv knew what we were standing up against: a corrupt government that sought to command life and labor, and to dispose of state property, at its will. In so far as formal legal rights existed, no court could be relied upon to enforce those rights when our rulers saw their interests as challenged.
乌克兰怎么陷入了这样尴尬的境地？一年前，聚集到基辅街道上的每个人都清楚任意操纵生活和劳动、任意处置国家财产的腐败政府才是我们的反对目标。只要正式的法律权利存在，就不可能在统治者认为权利受到挑战的时候，指望法院来行使这些权利。