Speaking out against Vladimir Putin as a Russian is a dangerous proposition.
Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 6, 2021 Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during her fourth round match against Belarus' Victoria Azarenka REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier - UP1EH660VCBOHSo when Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova spoke out against the"political motives" of the invasion on Monday, she did so with considerably more consequence than your average social media rebuke.
"I'm just an athlete who plays tennis. I am not a politician, not a public figure, I have no experience in this. I can only publicly disagree with these decisions taken and openly talk about it.with a simple message written on a TV camera lens after a match in Dubai at the onset of the Russian invasion last week:"No war please."
Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev writes "No war please" on the camera following his advancement to the final in Dubai., calling for"peace all over the world." Neither took the defiant tone of Pavlyuchenkova, who stopped just short of calling out Putin by name with her condemnation of"personal ambitions" and"political motives.
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