On March 14, a brave woman barreled into the frame of a newscast on Russia’s Channel One, a notorious source of state propaganda.
While the female announcer was speaking, Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor of the channel, was holding a sign in both Russian and English: “No War. Stop the War. Don’t believe the propaganda. They are lying to you here. Russians against war.”
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Many people who have no hope for the future have already fled or are attempting to leave Russia due to the war in Ukraine.
Could we not view these individuals, who do not support what is happening in Ukraine, who see themselves as Europeans (as many Russians do), who have worked for the West and are afraid to remain for fear of punishment, also as refugees? Some are arriving to other countries with no jobs and little cash.
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