Mishina, Valieva and Kondratiuk

I feel like the people who are angry with the skaters for their personal comments don’t really understand that they were probably given a script or told to only say good things. I have no idea how Anna got out of it, but I highly doubt many of them had the choice. The Russian government and Putin specifically could jail or kill them or their families for anything out of turn. Political and free speech oppression in Russia is no joke.

Obviously it’s very upsetting to see and I am also upset because these skaters are saying heinous things. I don’t blame anyone for being upset. I just think it’s dishonest to portray this situation as these skaters announcing that they are genuinely pro-war.

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