A moderate politician, Rugova led the LDK through the 1990s, advocating a policy of non-violent resistance to the Milosevic regime, for which he was dubbed the "Gandhi of the Balkans".
Umjeren političar, Rugova je vodio DSK tijekom devedesetih godina, zagovarajući politiku nenasilnog otpora Miloševićevu režimu, zbog čega je nazvan "Gandhiem Balkana".