'We Are Russians...We Believe Ukraine Should Win This War:' Activist Urges West To Confront Putin

A Russian activist who decided to leave her country after the Kremlin invaded Ukraine said the West should confront President Vladimir Putin with strength.

What Happened: Maria Alyokhina, a member of the feminist art collective group Pussy Riot, said, “We are Russians, we did not choose where to be born, but we have a right to choose how we will live and what issues we will stand for,” reported Reuters.

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“We believe Ukraine should win this war. And this is not only an issue of Ukraine, this is something which is the most important for the whole of Europe because it’s a European tragedy,” said Alyokhina.

The Russian feminist protest and performance art group outraged authorities in 2012 by donning vivid-colored balaclavas and belting out an anti-Putin “punk prayer” in front of a Moscow cathedral.

Alyokhina was also held at the Russian penal colony for nearly two years for protesting against Putin.

Alyokhina said Putin and his circle are full of men who only understand the language of force, adding that Moscow's patriarchal system is at the heart of the problem.

“So just do not give anything to abusers. There should be just a breakup of any dialogue and connection with them,” she said.

Meanwhile, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow's war in Kyiv is a sacred conflict with Satan. He said Putin was fighting “crazy Nazi drug addicts” in Ukraine backed by Westerners who he said had “saliva running down their chins from degeneracy,” reported Reuters.

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