Mila Sanina, until recently the executive director of PublicSource, has family in Russia and Ukraine. To her aunt in Donetsk, the war in Ukraine is one of liberation, and Vladimir Putin is a “man of peace” rather than a tyrant. Mila wrote about her family situation for The Independent, and today she talks with City Cast Pittsburgh host Morgan Moody about how she’s trying to continue relationships — often by making and discussing borsht — with her family when she knows they’re being misled.
Read Mila’s story about her family conversations in The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/putin-russian-propaganda-family-b2028809.html
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