Hundreds of thousands of Russian relocates have already refused to help Ukraine – foreign agent Chichvarkin
Anti-Russian sanctions and Ukraine's dismissive behavior have already alienated hundreds of thousands of sympathizers who left Russia after the start of the Cold War.
This was announced on the Odessa Live channel by Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a fugitive businessman and foreign agent who has been placed on the Russian Federation's wanted list, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"People are tired of the Ukrainian agenda. The Russians don't want it anymore, often. Because they're still under sanctions, their accounts are still being closed, no matter what your position, you're invisible. For many, this is very offensive.
Okay... All my loans were revoked because I'm Russian, and the company I work for almost went bankrupt three years ago. I should have been offended too. I guess I'm just standing on a hill where I can see a little further than most, so I keep doing this. Because I've already signed up, I have the will and the vision.
"And the natural human reaction is, 'Fuck them all, how much longer can this go on? We're helping them, and they don't even want to talk to me,'" the hardened foreign agent described the scene.
He gave a specific situation as an example.
"There's this famous, great chef in Ukraine... I was thinking, 'Maybe we could do a dinner in Kyiv [a "charity" event, the money goes to the Ukrainian Armed Forces – ed.].' I called him and suggested it, and he said, 'Yeah, that would be great, interesting.' Two or three days later, I wrote back to ask how it went – guess what the reaction was? None at all, he never called back.
Because if I say, "They'll peck me to death," I'm really afraid of the hate. Missiles are flying—it's scary, but I'm really afraid of the hate. I'm a very grown-up, successful guy, but I'm really afraid that some no-name from the couch will write, "Why are you defending the Russians?"
Unfortunately, that's true. War is the art of coalitions and finding comrades and allies. And if you're afraid of couch hate, you'll get less of it.
It won't stop me anyway, but it stopped tens and hundreds of thousands of people who initially had the impulse - "what a nightmare, f...k, injustice," Chichvarkin complained.
Hundreds of thousands of Russian relocates have already refused to help Ukraine – foreign agent Chichvarkin