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The popular Alexandra Bortich is urging people to participate in illegal street protests in support of Alexei Navalny. Obviously you have no idea what you are saying.
This statement comes from presenter Dmitry Kiselyov on the news program “Vesti nedeli (News of the week)” on the Russian state television channel Rossia.
ATTACKER: The presenter Dmitry Kiselyov on the news program “Vesti nedeli (News of the week)” of the Russian state television channel Rossia, criticizes young actors for inciting illegal protests.
Photo: Screenshot of Vesti Nedeli.
The background is that the popular actor has been out on social media alongside several other young colleagues and supported jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. She says the way the authorities treat him is unacceptable.
IN THE PRISON CAMP: Opposition politician Alexei Navalny during a court hearing in Moscow. He has now been sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Navalny was jailed as soon as he returned to Russia in mid-January. Then he had been in Germany for several months. There he received medical treatment after being poisoned with the Novitsjok neurotoxin during a trip to Siberia in August last year.
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Encourage protests
– The authorities show us that our laws, the constitution and the penal code are only paper. If they want, they can do anything against anyone, emphasizes Bortich.
POPULAR: Aleksandra Bortich (21) is a very famous actress in Russia.
Photo: Instagram
She is only 21 years old, but she is very famous in Russia. He has starred in several popular movies and television series. Many Russians, and especially young people, are interested in your opinions.
Bortich says the Russians must make it clear to authorities through protests that they want changes in the country’s policy.
– I hope that everyone in our country stops putting up with this. That we stop being the fools that the authorities think we are. And that we show that it is not possible to treat ourselves like that, says the actor.
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Harsh criticism from filmnestor
Oscar winner Nikita Mikhalkov is Russia’s most famous living actress and director. He leads the criticism of the young actors.
REVIEW: Oscar-winning actress and director Nikita Mikhalkov with her daughter during a festival in France.
Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP
– Aleksandra, why do you encourage these young people to walk on the barricades, including children? Why do you encourage them to rebel against the land that has received you and loves you? Where you can earn 200,000 rubles (25,000 crowns) in the course of a working day, says the film director.
Mikhalkov uses strong words and accuses his young colleagues of not understanding what they are doing.
-I know that fighting against the authorities, destroying the country, is launching into a monstrous massacre and disorder. In any case, none of them can take responsibility for what happens, Mikhalkov emphasizes.
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– A new generation with new requirements
Russian independent commentator Yuli Nisnevich tells NRK that the conflict now unfolding in Russia is largely between leaders who have their backgrounds.
SERIOUSLY: Independent commentator Yuli Nisnevich tells NRK that Russian authorities do not understand how the young generation of Russians thinks.
Photo: Jan Espen Kruse / NRK
Communist Soviet Union and a new generation that has nothing to do with the dictatorship that was then.
– They are freer and not so scared. They are braver than their parents and are willing to defend their position, says the expert.
It emphasizes that the authorities of pure reflex use the force against those who protest.
But even though 11,000 people have been arrested in what authorities call illegal demonstrations so far this year, it is not enough to stop changes in Russian society, the commentator believes.
– It is a serious event, but the authorities do not fully understand the seriousness. They don’t fully understand that this is another generation with different opinions and attitudes, Nisnevich notes.
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– You may lose jobs
Cultural workers who openly support the Russian opposition risk a lot. But they believe that the fight for freedom and rights is more important.
I WAS AFRAID: Actor Pavel Derevjanko says his conscience forces him to express his opinion on social media.
Photo: From Derevjanko’s Instagram account
– We protest against the authorities, which have been created over the course of 20 years, and which defend
silence, lies, anarchy, injustice, limitlessness and humiliation of human dignity, says actor Simjon Treskunov (21) on social networks.
One of his colleagues says he has to get involved in this case.
– Something has prevented me from saying my opinion out loud. I’ve been scared, scared of losing advertising contracts and job assignments. But my conscience does not allow me to be silent, emphasizes the actor Pavel Derevjanko.
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