Russian woman carried Ukraine team placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/17/russian-woman-carried-ukraine-team-placard-at-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony

by prmph • 5 months ago

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drysine• 5 months ago

“When you walk by the side of these people you realise they have every human right to feel hatred towards any Russian,’’ she told the AP. “Still, I think it’s important to do even a small action to show them that maybe not all the people are thinking the same way.”

She has been living in Italy for 14 years, doesn't pay taxes to Putin, supports Ukraine, what's not to like?

I mean if you are Ukrainian, there is nothing to hate her for, right?

Wrong.

Here comes Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman feeling offended by her ethnicity:

"The fact that the International Olympic Committee chose a Russian to carry the plaque with the name [of Ukraine] is shameful. It goes beyond any human morality and any principles..."[0]

I hope she learned her lesson about the nature of Ukrainian nationalists.

[0] https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/kyiv-wants-investigat...

Russian woman carried Ukraine team placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

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