For the thousands of Russians living in Britain, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has brought with it feelings of shame and fear.Nearly all those spoken to by The Ti
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Anna Jakubova set her Russian passport alight at the vigil in Edinburgh. Ukrainians came over and hugged me, she said.
"For the thousands of Russians living in Britain, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has brought with it feelings of shame and fear.
Nearly all those spoken to by
The Times strongly opposed the war.
Anna Jakubova, 26, from Moscow, felt so strongly that when attending a vigil in Edinburgh for the people of Ukraine she took out her Russian passport and set it alight in front of the protesters.
“I was contemplating doing it ever since the invasion began,” she said. “But when this happened I realised I could not remain a citizen of a country that does this. Ukrainians came over and hugged me and said ‘thank you’.”