Noting that she had a Ukrainian father and a Russian mom who had by no means been enemies, she mentioned the necklace she was carrying — within the colours of the Russian and Ukrainian flags — was an emblem for the necessity for Moscow to cease “this fratricidal conflict.”
“Sadly, for the previous few years I’ve labored at Channel One and labored on Kremlin propaganda,” she mentioned. “I’m very ashamed for this proper now — ashamed that I let individuals inform lies from the TV display, ashamed that I allowed the Russian individuals to be zombified.”
Referring to Russia’s 2014 invasion of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea after which japanese territories in Ukraine, in addition to the Kremlin’s poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2020, Ovsyannikova mentioned, “We simply silently watched this inhuman regime.”
“Now the entire world has turned away from us,” she mentioned, “and the following 10 generations of our descendants will not wash off the disgrace of this fratricidal conflict.”
“We’re Russian individuals who assume, who’re sensible. It is solely in our energy to cease all this insanity,” she concluded. “Go to protests. Do not be afraid of something. They cannot imprison us all.”
