World War II veteran Ignat Artemenko, 93, found himself at the center of a scandal, after Moscow protest leader Alexei Navalny insulted him and other participants in an RT video on Russia’s proposed constitutional amendments.
On June 2, the nationalist Kremlin critic shared a video published by RT that featured a number of Russians outlining their reasons for voting next week in favor of the changes to the constitution. One of those featured was Ignat. He appeared alongside various others, including an Olympian, a doctor, and a mother. In a tweet, Navalny called the people in the clip “traitors.”
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