02-11-2022, 02:55 PM
The view of a Russian Kiwi woman is that our govt should declare the Russian govt to be a terrorist organisation.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeala...oscow.html
"A Ukrainian-Kiwi believes Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "terrorism" and is calling on the Government to do more to criticise Moscow.
It follows a revelation by Stuff that Auckland-based Russian woman Antonina Ovchinnikova has raised about NZ$43,000 for Moscow funding weapons such as gun sights, machine gun mufflers and drones for the soldiers.
Ukrainian-Kiwi Anastasiya Gutorova told AM on Wednesday it's "very concerning" what Ovchinnikova is doing and has called on the New Zealand Government to step up.
"I know that New Zealand's existing laws prohibiting hate speech are very narrow, but this clearly falls within them because this woman is promoting Russian propaganda to thousands of her followers, which calls for the extermination of Ukrainians," Gutorova told AM co-host Ryan Bridge.
Gutorova is pushing for the Government to declare Russia a terrorist state, which would make Ovchinnikova's activity illegal, as any activity financially supporting terrorist acts would be a crime.
"The bigger issue here is that she is openly and actively financing terrorism from New Zealand and the only reason she can do that is because the New Zealand Government hasn't acknowledged the fact that Russia's campaign in Ukraine is terrorism," she said."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/p...YQZTK6QL4/
"Under the Russia Sanctions Regulations, New Zealanders were prohibited from providing services and funds to sanctioned individuals or entities.
The spokesperson cited New Zealand’s sanctions implemented against “a number of Russian banks including Sberbank”.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeala...oscow.html
"A Ukrainian-Kiwi believes Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "terrorism" and is calling on the Government to do more to criticise Moscow.
It follows a revelation by Stuff that Auckland-based Russian woman Antonina Ovchinnikova has raised about NZ$43,000 for Moscow funding weapons such as gun sights, machine gun mufflers and drones for the soldiers.
Ukrainian-Kiwi Anastasiya Gutorova told AM on Wednesday it's "very concerning" what Ovchinnikova is doing and has called on the New Zealand Government to step up.
"I know that New Zealand's existing laws prohibiting hate speech are very narrow, but this clearly falls within them because this woman is promoting Russian propaganda to thousands of her followers, which calls for the extermination of Ukrainians," Gutorova told AM co-host Ryan Bridge.
Gutorova is pushing for the Government to declare Russia a terrorist state, which would make Ovchinnikova's activity illegal, as any activity financially supporting terrorist acts would be a crime.
"The bigger issue here is that she is openly and actively financing terrorism from New Zealand and the only reason she can do that is because the New Zealand Government hasn't acknowledged the fact that Russia's campaign in Ukraine is terrorism," she said."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/p...YQZTK6QL4/
"Under the Russia Sanctions Regulations, New Zealanders were prohibited from providing services and funds to sanctioned individuals or entities.
The spokesperson cited New Zealand’s sanctions implemented against “a number of Russian banks including Sberbank”.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)