{"id":413978,"date":"2022-03-09T17:17:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rt-editor-in-chief-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion\/"},"modified":"2022-03-09T17:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:17:42","slug":"rt-editor-in-chief-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rt-editor-in-chief-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"#RT editor-in-chief quits in protest of Ukraine invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf36c2c249\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf36c2c249\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rt-editor-in-chief-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion\/#%E2%80%9CRT_editor-in-chief_quits_in_protest_of_Ukraine_invasion%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;RT editor-in-chief quits in protest of Ukraine invasion&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRT_editor-in-chief_quits_in_protest_of_Ukraine_invasion%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;RT editor-in-chief quits in protest of Ukraine invasion&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The top editor of a Russian state-run <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> outlet who resigned in protest of President Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine last week is warning that the world could be in danger of a nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Baronova, the editor-in-chief of RT, stepped down last week after publicly criticizing the invasion, telling her followers on the encrypted Telegram messaging service: \u201cOur granddads didn\u2019t fight for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Moscow-based journalist fears that the bloody invasion of Ukraine won\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is, I know these people very well,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/maria-baronova-russia-today-nuclear-war\">Baronova told Fox News Digital<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey never send threats, they just kill, so there is kind of [a] weird silence around me, but I really think we\u2019re on the brink of a nuclear war right now. I\u2019m not exaggerating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journalists in Russia who publicly criticize government policy risk their safety, but the situation is so dire that Baronova was motivated to speak out, she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Baronova was outraged by her colleagues' willingness to embrace the pro-government talking points.\" class=\"wp-image-21464817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Baronova was outraged by her colleagues\u2019 willingness to embrace the pro-government talking points.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New members of the Territorial Defence Forces train to operate RPG-7 anti-tank launcher during military exercises amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 9, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21465082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-14.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New members of the Territorial Defense Forces train to operate RPG-7 anti-tank launchers during military exercises amid Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">VALENTYN OGIRENKO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have a son, I can\u2019t leave because his father won\u2019t allow me to leave with him, and so I just prefer to stay in Moscow \u2026 It seems like we\u2019re either in North Korea or we are going to be killed by a thermonuclear mushroom,\u201d Baronova told Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Digital. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t quit, and I wouldn\u2019t lose my salary and job if I was sure that we are going to be alive for many years, but I really don\u2019t know what is going to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en to all of us next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the invasion, Putin ordered that his country\u2019s nuclear weapons be prepared for heightened readiness to launch because of what he described as \u201caggressive statements\u201d by Western adversaries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"RT News is a Russian state-run media outlet.\" class=\"wp-image-21465093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-17.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>RT News is a Russian state-run media outlet.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baronova said she doesn\u2019t believe that Putin would resort to nuclear weapons. Instead, she fears that the Russian leader will goad the West into using nonconventional arms against her country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suspect the Western world will use it,\u201d Baronova\u00a0said. \u201cThis is a very dangerous situation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Baronova told Fox News Digital that she quit after a colleague at RT posted an Instagram message that read: \u201cIf you are now ashamed of being Russian, don\u2019t worry, you are not Russian.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Before joining RT, Baronova was a prominent antigovernment activist who organized protests against President Vladimir Putin.\" class=\"wp-image-21464815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Before joining RT, Baronova was a prominent anti-government activist who organized protests against President Vladimir Putin.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">VASILY MAXIMOV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said she was \u201creally disturbed\u201d by her colleagues\u2019 willingness to spread government propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the Instagram post, Baronova wrote: \u201cIf I chose to be with Russia, this does not mean that I should walk in a totalitarian system, be silent or, for example, rejoice that the regime, which I do not want for my country, is being exported somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this regime will finally turn our life into one endless hell. What\u2019s there. Already turned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baronova said the Instagram post was the last straw, leading her to quit RT.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"An apartment building damaged after shelling the day before in Ukraine's second-biggest city of Kharkiv on March 8, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21465102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Maria-baronova-quits-in-protest-of-ukraine-invasion-07.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An apartment building damaged after shelling the day before in Ukraine\u2019s second-biggest city, Kharkiv, on March 8, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SERGEY BOBOK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat was the moment I decided, \u2018OK, that\u2019s it,&#8217;\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has launched a harsh crackdown on news organizations both foreign and domestic whose journalists are based in Russia. <\/p>\n<p>Reporters who do not toe the government line on reporting on Ukraine are not allowed to operate freely in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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