“What is happening in Ukraine now is a crime. And Russia is the aggressor. And the responsibility for this aggression lies only on one person’s conscience – and that person is Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian – and they were never enemies.This chain on my neck is like a symbol that Russia must stop the fratricidal war immediately and that our brother peoples can still be reconciled.
In recent years, unfortunately, I have worked at Channel One and dealt with Kremlin propaganda. I am very ashamed of it now. I am ashamed that I let the TV screen lie to me. I am ashamed that I allowed Russians to be turned into zombies.
We were silent in 2014 when this all started. We didn’t come out for demonstrations when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We just silently watched this misanthropic regime. Now the whole world has turned its back on us. And ten more generations of our descendants will not be able to wash away the shame of this fratricidal war.
We, the Russian people, can think and are clever. It’s up to us to stop all this madness. Go demonstrate. fear nothing. You can’t lock us all up.”