Olga Avdeyeva is a surgeon and mother of five from Izhevsk, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Udmurtia. In August 2022, she left an anti-war message beneath a large Z symbol on the side of the local theater that she passed every day on her way to work. Almost a year later, Olga was charged with “discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces.
In Russia, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Russian leader need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Russian leader die. Russian government very mad. I hide in transport convoy, come to Ukraine. No speak Ukrainian, no food, no money. Zelenskyy give me job. Now I have house, Ukrainian car, and new woman. Zelenskyy save life. My big secret: I kill Russian leader on purpose. I good surgeon. The best!
Edit: Sorry, I know the war is serious, but a little humor doesn’t hurt, right? 😉
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He didn’t say Putin saved his life though…
In case you were implying that Zelensky is a fascist, I would like to remind you and everyone else here on lemmy that blocking certain users cough bots is a good option.
Slava Ukraini!
The surgeon had to pick out of two fascist war criminals in your suggested version of the story. Sometimes the enemy of the enemy can be the safer one.
Two fascists?
You got to be talking about putin and medvedev…
If you consider Zelensky a fascist, have a look at the other comment I wrote. I don’t think Lemmy is the best place for you to spread misinformation.
Slava Ukraini!
I don’t.
See where I commented, they implied “Zelensky save life” means fascist, which I disputed by using their premise to point out faulty logic
Ukraine’s defence is needed, and hopefully the issues like banning leftist parties and lesser war crimes than the aggressor get sorted as well.
You do understand that “Zelensky save life” is just part of a joke. Some altered copypasta…
You said the surgeon had to pick from two fascists. So I ask you, Who would those two fascists be?
Please don’t try to redirect the topic of the conversation again.
Yes it’s from The Office.
You should ask the one who said “fascist save life” what their purpose was. I think you’re mixing them with me. My comments are clear on Putin’s fascism
Did you just delete your original comment and now try gaslighting me? 😳
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I’m not sure if that’s any clearer
@0x815 I always when I see news like this I sit and think whether in a similar situation it would be worth risking my life, my integrity, my career etc. just to make a statement against the government.
I don’t think I could resist after some point.
I have huge respect for such people!
It’s hard to tell, but I guess that at some point you’ll need to stand up. What makes this lady’s decision even tougher is that she has five children. We must not forget that.
@0x815 Indeed. It is morally and ethical to stand in these situations. But it’s really uncomfortable (to say the least) and it’s not something to be expected from everyone. Not everyone is an Alexey Navalny, or Boris Nemtsov, or Gheorghe Ursu or whatever. People like these are under immense pressure to give up on what they’re doing, to retreat their complaints and come back to what they stated, only to be prosecuted and shown how bad they actually are in the public, or that they had bad intentions etc. Once you become a dissent in a totalitarian country, there’s no way back, really. There’s only a way out.
Edit: I’d honestly probably just leave the country, lol.
Edit 2: more ideas that came to my mind.
We need more people like her!
I live here and I’ve never heard of her
I wonder why…
She won’t be featured in Russian propaganda media I guess.
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Shouldn’t your question be “why isn’t she in Russian propaganda media”?
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Because she makes russia look bad. Isn’t it obvious?
