Norwegian citizens support military assistance against Russian aggression. Every day, Ukrainian activists draw the attention of Norwegian politicians to the war.
About this forChannel 24Rostislav Evdyukhin, a Ukrainian activist from Oslo, said. During the live broadcast, he was at a demonstration. Rostislav organizes such events every day.
“We have a whole group that organizes demonstrations. Now (13:49, January 28 – Channel 24) we are standing in the center of Oslo in front of the parliament and we are finishing the first part of the demonstration. We are singing the anthem and a Norwegian comes to accompany us on the violin,” the activist said.
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Politicians communicate with activists
According to Rostislav, at first it was difficult to go to demonstrations every day, but the activists got used to it and learned how to organize their time. For the past week, he has been leading rallies in English himself.
The activist stressed that it is very important to tell the Norwegians what is happening in Ukraine and what is needed for protection. It should be explained that the Norwegians should be interested in supporting Ukraine.
We need to create a social request for help from politicians. He works. Parliamentarians come out, listen to us. They come up and applaud. A lot of politicians communicated with us and we have a lot of support among the Norwegian political parties,” Evdyukhin said.
Discourse in favor of Ukraine
Among the Norwegians there is a small group of people who favor Russia. Rostislav explained that they are usually those who are associated with the Communist Party, who are against vaccines and who believe in conspiracy theories. However, the activist believes that there are very few of them, and most people understand why Ukraine needs to be supplied with weapons.
“Recently, there was a debate between supporters of the Communists – the Red Party. During this, part of the party said that they had changed their minds and understood why weapons should be sent to Ukraine. There is a constant discourse and it is in our favor,” Rostislav said.
Norwegians' attitude towards sanctions against Russians
The activist said that Norway is called the country that is the beneficiary of the war, because after the increase in the price of gas and oil, she received a huge windfall. Consequently, one can hardly hear opinions among people that sanctions against Russians harm the economy.
We constantly say that sanctions are not enough. They need to be strengthened. We talk about areas where sanctions have not been introduced. When the Norwegians hear about it, they support us completely. They are surprised when they learn that Norway is still buying fish in Russia, there is a trade in aluminum, Rostislav said.
He said that there are so-called good Russians in Oslo and open supporters war. He noted that the Norwegians are very tolerant and many people think that it is not necessary to abandon the Russians. However, if the citizens of a terrorist country support the war, they are sharply negative.
Activists go to the embassy of infidels
When switched on, Rostislav was sent to the terrorist embassy in Norway. He noted that after the official part of the demonstration, Ukrainians in Oslo communicate with employees of the Russian embassy.
“We talk about their responsibility in this war. We say that they will face trial. We tell the Norwegians who lives next to them,” the activist added.
