“Vladimir Putin took everything from us”

The offensive war launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin has been going on in Ukraine for more than three months. AOP

Since Russia launched an offensive war in Ukraine on February 24, only a few Russian athletes have dared to express their critical views. Vladimir Putin actions.

Only three of the Russian footballers have opened their mouths on the subject.

Dynamo Moscow Fedor Smolov posted on Instagram “No war!” message after the start of the war. He has been silent since then. Also Spartak Moscow Alexander Sobolev rumbled on the subject, but he removed his critical view a couple of hours later.

Nadezhda Karpova, The striker of the Russian national team and Espanyol, is a refreshing exception in this regard. He did not spare his words BBCin an interview with.

– I just can’t watch this inhumanity and be quiet. I don’t know what would happen if I were in Russia and not in Spain, but I think I have a responsibility to speak, Karpova says at the beginning of the interview.

The woman has visibly opposed the war in Ukraine and the cowardly actions of the Russian president, including on Instagram, where she has 143,000 followers.

“Russian propaganda is trying to convince the Russians that we are a very special nation and that the whole world is opposed to us and our” unique mission, “Karpova knows.

According to the woman, the Russians are by no means special.

– At the same time, however, I am not ashamed that I am Russian, because Russia does not mean the government and Vladimir Putin. Putin took everything from us, he took our future.

“End the Silence”

According to Karpova, the Russians have somehow accepted the situation themselves.

– He (Putin) did it with our tacit consent. The government did not oppose it very strongly. Most people just close their eyes to the injustice, imagining it doesn’t belong to them, Karpova regrets.

Futari tries to set an example for others. For example, he has been involved in a few demonstrations in support of an opposition leader Alexei Navalnyia.

– I still don’t think I’ve done enough.

– These people who justify the war are hostage to propaganda. I’m sorry for them. I think we have to do everything we can to free them from it.

Karpova encourages everyone, especially Russian athletes, to talk about war.

– I hope that more and more Russians will speak so that other people who oppose the war will know that they are not a minority. I can’t just pretend nothing is happening, not anymore. The silence must end, Karpova piles up.

The 27-year-old gambler has lived in Spain since 2017. He has represented the Russian national team 24 times, including the European Championships five years ago.

The next European Championships are ahead next summer, but Russia is not there. The country has been thrown out of international games because of the war in Ukraine.

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