: First person: On a beach in Goa, marching with Russians and Ukrainians wishing for peace #IndiaNEWS Earlier this week, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine picked up place, I joined a group of about 100

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First person: On a beach in Goa, marching with Russians and Ukrainians wishing for peace #IndiaNEWS
Earlier this week, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine picked up place, I joined a group of about 100 people arching down Goa’s Arambol beach to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Ukraine and to demand a peaceful resolution to the conflict.Many of those around me carried Ukrainian flags. Some had signs saying, “Stop the War.� Other signs were more blunt� “Fuck Putin�Goa is a popular destination for tourists from both Russia and Ukraine. Before the pandemic, between October 2018 to May 2019, approximately 90,000 tourists from Russia arrived in Goa. This season, only 3,000 Russians have arrived in the state so far.Among the marchers in Arambol on Monday were many Russians, Ukranians Belorussians, a few from other European nations and some Indians too.“Glory to Ukraine,� a Ukrainian woman sang. “Glory to our heroes.�The most popular chant was: “We want peace!�“We didn’t know this would happen,� said a Russian woman from Tatarstan, one of the country’s 22 republics. “This is not our choice. I want to support Ukraine but I also want peace.�A young Indo-Russian woman noted that war in the 21st century is crazy. “Putin will destroy Ukraine, Russia and the world, if it goes nuclear,� she warned.A Belorussian woman was angered by Russia’s decision to move troops and...Read more

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