Denis Zakharov -"Every Russian is Responsible"- On Choosing to Stay and Fight Putin's Violent Regime

Denis Zakharov - "When I say that every russian is responsible, I mean  it. But we are not responsible just for Ukraine. For ages, we commit  crimes and make people suffer for a bullshit idea of a great Russia that  doesn't even exist. Chechnya is one of the victims."  The narratives that come out of the Kremlin and Russian State TV are  aggressive, paranoid, and highly toxic. But it’s easy to forget that not  all Russian hold these views. Some do – many don’t but won’t actively  challenge what they are being told. But a few are angry and fighting  back. Today I speak with one of those strong and active voices  condemning the crimes and horrors being committed.    Denis Zakharov is an activist and has a strong, unusually direct and  opinion voice within opposition movement, but I’ll let him introduce  himself to you.