Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Activists circulated on social media a video of the expulsion of a young man who defended Russian President Vladimir Putin and the military operations announced by the latter in Ukraine, which have entered their second week.
One of the most circulating clips in Australia was from the QandA program of someone who asked a question regarding the 13,000 Russians who died in the Donbass region of Ukraine at the hands of Ukrainian forces and said, “Where were your feelings and sympathies for the Russian victims all these years?” He was expelled from the programme. https://t.co/8yN8AtTmYy
In the video circulating regarding QandA, the young man says: “As someone who comes from a Russian community here in Australia, I was angered by the media showing Ukrainians as the good people and Russians as the bad people, believe it or not, a lot of Russians here and around the world who support what What Putin is doing in Ukraine, including me…”
Every day I increase my admiration for the West and the freedom of expression in it… God ???? #Russia_Ukraine https://t.co/2SpaYeitnv
He added, “Since 2014, the Ukrainian government, in cooperation with Nazi groups such as the ‘Azov Brigade’, has besieged Russian residents in the Donbass region and killed an estimated 13,000 people, according to the United Nations. to interrupt the announcer.
243- This citizen was expelled from the QandA program in Australia following being asked why the world has been silent regarding the Russian victims in the areas of separation over the past years?? https://t.co/BVsFfnbEU7
And the announcer said in the video: “Sasha (the name of the young man) people here are talking regarding families suffering and people dying, and I understand that you want to ask a question regarding whether there is a reason behind this, but you showed your support and you hear that people are dying and I want to say that I am not comfortable with you being here. Could you please leave…”
