Russian mother repudiates son opposed to war in Ukraine: “You are a traitor”

When the Russian military invaded Ukraine, his friends, under the bombs, sent him photos and videos documenting what was happening. Jean-Michel Shcherbak, Russian actor and model in his thirties, horrified, did not hesitate to share on social networks (on Instagram he has almost 27 thousand followers) those dramatic testimoniesand to openly take sides against those who had started and was continuing that conflict.

What he didn’t imagine was that his mother, a staunch supporter of Putin always reacted very badly to his initiative. In a message, which he later shared with the Internet, he wrote to him: «I do not communicate with the russophobes and traitors of the motherland. I sincerely wish you would give up your Russian passport and leave this country. You are no longer my son. There will be no traitors in my family. ‘

The reports of the attacks by Shcherbak’s Ukrainian friends, of course, do not correspond to the reports released by the Russian state media, very faithful to the positions of the Kremlin, which want to believe that Russian forces are not targeting civilians, but are engaged in a “special military operation” to neutralize Ukrainian nationalists.

“People who live far from big cities, turn on the TV and they only see Russian propaganda newsScherbak explained to the Cnn. “And they believe the official media more than the independent ones,” she added, referring also to the blocking of social media platforms in Russia.