12-08-2022, 14:49
(15-03-2022, 01:08)0762 Wrote: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/rus...hp&pc=U531
This is one helluvah courageous woman who I wholeheartedly salute!! I fear for her safety in such a brutal authoritarian country and govt that her banner has succinctly exposed as full of brainwashing propaganda and lies. Time to hide/"go underground" methinks!
If anyone's interested in what happened to Marina Ovsyannikova, she's continued protesting against the war, and last month was arrested for standing on an embankment opposite the Kremlin holding up a sign calling Putin a murderer and his soldiers fascists. She's now been sentenced to house arrest until October, and may face ten years in prison. In court yesterday, she showed a message to the cameras saying MAY THE DEAD CHILDREN HAUNT YOUR DREAMS AT NIGHT.
![[Image: Marina.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/MCR7CKd/Marina.jpg)
She's swimming against an impossible tide, sadly, but whatever happens to her, I hope she'll be remembered for these small acts of defiance.
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley