While the world has witnessed the bravery of the Ukrainian people over the past several weeks as Russian forces try to render their nation into rubble there are a few brave Russians who are willing to go out on a limb to say what is being done in Ukraine is wrong.
Enter Marina Ovsyannikova.
An employee of Russia's state owned Channel 1 disrupted a news broadcast with a sign which read "Don't believe the propaganda!!! They're lying to you!!!" while shouting "Stop the war!!! No to war!!!"
The sign was only visible for three seconds. But in those three seconds, Ovsyannikova cost herself both her job, whatever creature comforts came from it and her freedom. She might spend the rest of her life in a Siberian jail or could very well be executed.
Ovsyannikova knew this full well and recorded a message beforehand explaining her actions and the reasoning behind them. She explained that her father is Ukrainian and her mother is Russian and that "they have never been enemies." She expressed shame for working for Channel 1 stating, "I am ashamed that I've allowed the lies to be said on TV screens. I am ashamed I let the Russian people by Zombified." Ovsyannikova ended her message by calling upon Russians to protest the war. “Take to the streets. Do not be afraid. They can’t jail us all,” said Ovsyannikova.
Marina Ovsyannikova is a brave woman. But it will take more than one brave woman, one brave Russian to stop the war in Ukraine. One can only hope she has lit a fire under the Russian people who do not want one more day of bloodshed.
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