What is there to say? She shouldn't do it, and unless there's some compelling reason I'm not aware of, I don't know why she would.So Ukrainian born Volosozhar will take part in Ice Age and it's crickets in here about that?
It's FSU and every single minute detail of most things are flogged to death. There are literally pages and pages of criticism about Petrenko taking part in Navka's show. Russian skaters perceived support of the war because they aren't posting things to their social media. It just struck me as very surprising that it hadn't even been commented on in any way yet in this thread.
I mean, according to Wikipedia which is probably not reliable, she was born to Russian parents, and doesn't speak Ukrainian "perfectly". But ignoring that, you can hardly expect all Ukrainians to think the same. Some won't. We can only hope they're a minority.So Ukrainian born Volosozhar will take part in Ice Age and it's crickets in here about that?
What's to say though? She'll get the very same excuses we already heard just a few days ago (upd: see above
). She can't possibly not participate in this show, because she will have nothing to eat (as if). )
She competed at the senior level with Stanislav Morosov for Ukraine for six senior seasons prior to swapping to Russia and skating with Trankov.
These are her posts:
Plus, she's been contractually bound long before Ilinykh made the statements and the show was changed by Putin's PR. She and Max have two kids to support and I suspect she sends money to her family who fled to Italy. A public refusal could have extreme consequences. Endorsements have disappeared and it's not as if they can travel to shows in Japan or Germany to support the family. Max isn't able to travel to coach. She and Max have tried really hard to keep a low profile, but they've made their feelings with regard to the war known. I don't think anybody would like for Putin to make an example of them. I suspect she and Max are under a lot of stress at the moment. And, it's easy to sit in the safety of your home and type on a computer what others should do and how they should take risks while you don't. Are all the people who would accuse her going to Ukraine to join the army and risk their lives? You can. They will give you a gun and let you put your life on the line. Then you can tell others what to do.
Just like millions of russians. They chose their family and that is why thousands of Ukrainians lost their families. And every day more and more Ukrainian children become orphans. I think their parents would also have chosen to support and protect children, but the russian rocket made the choice for them.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of this.
Ukrainian parents are dying so that their children can live in a free country. russian parents are silent so that their children can live in a terrorist country.
When she received apartments and cars from the state, she liked everything, right? And who, according to Volosozhar, should fight for the future of her children? Let her name that magician. After all, it will suit her very much if the Ukrainians do it at the cost of their own lives, right? While she will sit in comfort and continue to receive money from the state.
This is exactly where you're wrong. If Volosozhar, and Averbukh, and Mironov (just random name of famous ru actor), and X, Y, Z, all decent people who live there (still hoping not most of the country are orcs but smaller part of it) were actually "shouting in public" about all the evil their country is doing, if hundreds of celebrities would have done that, situation would have been very different right now. When every single one, including people with actual influence, say "I'm a small person, what can I do", then the situation is like you see it in russia.
russia has been buying the silence of all these people for years. And every time they agreed, because money does not smell. It was they who told people that everyone is jealous of russia, that everyone is afraid of russia. They started a war in sports a long time ago and this is the result. Not only are they doing nothing now, but they helped start the war.
Do you remember what happened to the two most popular opposition leaders in Russia? We must be careful how judge people. We have no idea what they are going through. Some of these people must say certain things in public....but.....This is an alternate universe we are fortunate not to be a part of.
Opinion piece by Anastasia Panina on the newly published Code of Ethics:
A totalitarian regime can be overthrown either by people inside or by people from outside. The russians preferred others to do the dirty work for them. It's disgusting.
As I said before, I don't ask people to do things that I wouldn't do myself. It's amazing that people try to convince me that I don't know what fear is.
