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[-] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 4 months ago

“I thought the Olympic Games were about sport. No longer,” Russian MP Mariya Butina tells me.

“It’s about politics, religion, everything. It’s very sad because the original idea of the Olympics was to create peace.”

“But Russia has invaded Ukraine,” I point out. “That’s not ‘peace’, is it?”

“Russia has been protecting its people,” Ms Butina responds, echoing the official line here that Russia’s war in Ukraine is all about self-defence.

In reality, the Kremlin’s "special military operation" amounts to the invasion of a sovereign independent nation.

Good to see the media not 'both siding' for once.

[-] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[-] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Shrug. Probably? It's not like I've heard of her before today.

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