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