Bianna Golodryga
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Bianna Golodryga is a journalist with a background in political analysis, particularly focused on international relations and the impact of historical contexts on current events. This interview reveals her thoughtful approach to discussing sensitive topics, highlighting her capacity to mediate and build coalitions in a divided landscape.
“Once I graduated from college, that would be really interesting, not only just to move to New York, which I had been wanting to do, I had family that lived here, my grandmother and aunt and uncle and cousins who came from Moldova later in the 90s.”
“Look, were there mistakes made? Sure, by all parties, by all sides, and I think you'll have, there are many it's not just Tom Friedman, there are many people who took part in those negotiations that would argue that they moved too quickly and too aggressively and weren't sensitive enough to Russia's situation and thus, you know, Ukraine h…”
“No, and you can imagine what we look like there's a family story that my husband and everyone that knows me has heard many times. But when it was May and when we ended up moving to, we left Rome for New York and then spend the night in New York where my mom and dad and I were dressed in sweaters. It was a brisk spring day.”
“It saw firsthand everything my parents were going through, the highs and the lows and the layoffs and the struggles with the language. And you could see sort of even the persecution they would feel from colleagues, whether it's because of their accents or religion or what have you.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 479 — Bianna Golodryga
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