‘The inability to peacefully influence the actions of the authorities, and the criminal prosecution of those who disagree, leads to some leaving the country, while others decide to take action.’
Final Statements
‘We are the independent journalists of this country, we have no obligation to please the president.’
‘These handcuffs are temporary, sooner or later, they will be removed.’
'And you, please promise to remain hopeful and to remember how to smile. If we lose the ability to enjoy life, it would mean they have won.'
‘I told the truth. If I had known this truth earlier, I would have said it earlier.’
'I am not a foreign agent. I am a citizen of Russia.'
‘They fail to see that Ukrainians don’t need any ‘big brother’. They don’t need, much less, any so-called triune Russian people.’
'This country does not belong only to the 5 or 10 children of oligarchs, but to the millions of other children as well. Every child in Azerbaijan has the right to live in prosperity, justice, and dignity.'
‘I decided to fight back. Ukraine is my home.’
‘Stop torturing my grandmother and my children.’
'Without the freedom of speech, without the ability of citizens to express their opinion, without fear of prosecution, a country is doomed to collapse.'
‘You may put me in prison, send me to a camp, but I am certain that no honest person will condemn me.’
'It's time to end patriarchy. The time for women has come.'
'What will we tell our children and grandchildren about these troubled times?'
'I don’t want to talk and speculate about journalism, about its problems in Russia, because there is no more journalism in Russia.'
'The generation that has already passed has bequeathed to us to protect the world with all our might, as the most valuable thing on Earth for all its inhabitants. And we have neglected his precepts and devalued our memory of these people and the victims of that war.'
'Right now it may seem to you that I am out of my mind and all of you are sane, for one cannot swim against the current. But to me, it seems that you have gone mad.'
'And please stop calling me a soldier. I do not want to associate with bio-trash.'
'And none of this is about the law. Nor is it about the truth. And in this sense, of course, it is much easier for me, because in 20 months I have not had to lie once. And telling the truth is easy and pleasant. Ultimately, truth and justice always prevail.'
'Remind yourself and others: two plus two equals four. Black is black. White is white. I am a human, I am strong and bold. We are strong and bold.'
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