{"id":1362205,"date":"2022-03-07T06:04:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T11:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362205"},"modified":"2022-03-07T11:08:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:08:48","slug":"zelensky-selected-as-ronald-reagan-freedom-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-selected-as-ronald-reagan-freedom-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Selected As Ronald Reagan Freedom Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-selected-as-ronald-reagan-freedom-award-winner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-19-copy-3-3.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was named the winner of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award on Monday for his \u201ccourageous fight against tyranny,\u201d according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, the organization behind the award, selected Zelensky for his stand for freedom against Russia\u2019s recent invasion of Ukraine, Axios first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/zelensky-ronald-reagon-freedom-award-3ec20ac8-4546-419a-a2a8-57eaff37e20a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world applauds President Zelensky and all that he stands for \u2014 democracy, individual liberty, freedom, and hope,\u201d Fred Ryan, chairman of the foundation and institute board of trustees, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Americans, we know that freedom is as much a part of us as our blood. It can\u2019t be bartered away. The truth is that the word freedom is deceptively simple. It\u2019s a word that describes the God-given condition of the human soul,\u201d Reagan said in a video regarding the announcement released by the Reagan Foundation.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cPresident Zelenskyy will become the eleventh recipient of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation\u2019s highest recognition. He follows in a long line of world leaders who, like Ronald Reagan, have contributed greatly to the cause of freedom worldwide,\u201d the Reagan Foundation added in a statement alongside the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolodymyr Zelenskyy, who was sworn in as the President of Ukraine on May 20, 2019, has become the face of Ukraine\u2019s resistance against Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s invading forces. President Zelenskyy\u2019s platform of anti-corruption and national unity helped win him widespread support. Although a political novice with no military background, President Zelenskyy has earned the respect of Ukraine and those around the world by refusing to flee the capital, urging Ukrainians to resist, and crafting a successful communications strategy that has won over European leaders and citizens,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Ronald Reagan first presented the award to former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1992 during a ceremony at the Reagan Library. Other past recipients have included former President George H. W. Bush, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n<p>The news also comes as Zelensky held a call with U.S. senators on Saturday that partially blamed Russia\u2019s invasion into Ukraine on Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s refusal to enact sanctions against Russia prior to the invasion. The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ukrainian-president-zelensky-tells-u-s-congress-who-he-believes-is-responsible-for-russias-invasion-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Zelensky\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/05\/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-zooms-with-us-lawmakers\/\">told<\/a>\u00a0Senators that if the U.S. \u201chad started sanctions months ago, there would not have been war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/us-defends-decision-wait-russia-sanctions-despite-zelenskiy-plea-2022-02-20\/\">noted<\/a>\u00a0just a few days before Russia invaded Ukraine that Biden was \u201crefus[ing] to unleash sanctions on Russia\u201d until Russia invaded, despite numerous officials, including Zelensky, saying that the sanctions could stop the invasion from happening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou tell me 100% that there will be war in a few days\u2019 time. What are you waiting for?\u201d Zelensky said before the invasion. \u201cWe will not need your sanctions after there is a bombardment, or after our state is shot at, or if we have no more borders, we do not have an economy, or parts of our state is occupied.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was named the winner of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award on Monday for his \u201ccourageous fight against tyranny,\u201d according to a new report.The Ronald Reagan Presidential<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}