🔴Zhanna Agalakova, a Russian journalist, has resigned from Russia’s 1st TV channel @channelone_rus in response to the invasion of #Ukraine. With RSF, she has decided to end her silence and talk about her experiences at a Kremlin propaganda outlet. #Thread
@channelone_rus @chrisdeloire @MoscowTimes @novaya_gazeta @tikhondzyadko @zygaro @shaunwalker7 @PZhurnalist @GlasnostDefense @SvobodaRadio @clarissaward "I never lied, but I kept quiet a lot.
I hesitated a lot before talking to you. Everyone told me I was crazy. I’m doing this for Russians." Zhanna Agalakova, a Russian journalist, has resigned from Russia’s 1st TV channel
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"In #Russia, the government is stifling independent media and we’ve ended up in a situation in which you only see one narrative in the media – the government’s, one person’s. Our news doesn’t show the reality." Zhanna Agalakova
"It’s a paradox. We only see the country’s No. 1 man, what he did, what he ate. We even saw him without a shirt. But we don't know if he’s married, if he has children. There is a strange imbalance." Zhanna Agalakova
"Why don't you rebel? It is easy to blame the Russian journalists on the spot. I feel privileged, I feel freer, I feel able to do it. All those who are opposed, who are still there, they have families, they are hostages to the situation." Zhanna Agalakova
"I know that in #Russia I’ll be accused of being a spy. They’ll say I was paid a lot to say this. No one paid me, I’m not working for anyone. I’m just serving my country." Zhanna Agalakova, Russian journalist
"This day has just one goal. I want #Russia to hear me, I want people to learn to identify propaganda, I want them to seek alternative sources of information and stop being zombified." Zhanna Agalakova
“Zhanna is a phenomenon in Russian journalism. It hasn't been often that a Russian journalist has decided to speak. I think I can say that you hesitated a lot. It's normal, you weighed the risks. I want to emphasise the courage you’ve shown today.” @cdeloire
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