If war comes to Odessa, this strip club owner plans to take up arms. “I will fight for my country until the end. Why? Because it is our country, not Putin’s, not these Russians!”
After moving back to her hometown, Tina said she saved up enough money to become co-owner of one of the most popular strip clubs in the city.
The businesswoman is now volunteering as a logistical coordinator at a once-trendy food hall which is now being used to coordinate the distribution of food, medical supplies, and other necessities for the city’s residents. A huge model Chinese dragon hangs over the masses of volunteers in their orange high-visibility jackets.
Like Tina, most of Odessa’s residents are Russian speakers and have personal or family ties to Russia. Popular support for Ukraine’s pro-European movement was low here in 2014. In fact, serious clashes broke out between pro and anti-Maidan movements that culminated in a battle that took 48 lives on May 2.
As with many port towns, Odessa has a reputation as a hedonist’s paradise, full of strip clubs, casinos, and glitzy nightclubs. All these places have been boarded up and sandbagged. The sandy beaches have been covered in landmines to prevent the reportedly imminent assault of Russia’s amphibious landing craft.
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