Hey Griff, did you see this?
Dec. 4th, 2004 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kayre"MOSCOW - When the anchorwoman for Ukraine's state-owned television station UT-1 reported Thursday morning that Viktor Yanukovych had officially been declared the winner of the presidential election, Natalya Dmitruk staged a silent protest.
Dmitruk, shown in the bottom righthand corner of the screen wearing an orange ribbon indicating her support for opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, told viewers in sign language that she considered the Nov. 21 election a farce.
"I am addressing all the deaf citizens of Ukraine," Dmitruk signed. "Our president is Yushchenko. Don't believe what they say. They are lying."
Dmitruk, 47, whose parents are deaf and who has worked at UT-1 as its sign-language interpreter for almost three years, then went back to signing anchorwoman Tatyana Kravchenko's report before straying from the script one more time at the end of the 10-minute segment.
"My soul is heavy that I had to repeat these lies," Dmitruk signed. "I will not do it again. I don't know if we'll see each other again."
Full story here.
Dmitruk, shown in the bottom righthand corner of the screen wearing an orange ribbon indicating her support for opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, told viewers in sign language that she considered the Nov. 21 election a farce.
"I am addressing all the deaf citizens of Ukraine," Dmitruk signed. "Our president is Yushchenko. Don't believe what they say. They are lying."
Dmitruk, 47, whose parents are deaf and who has worked at UT-1 as its sign-language interpreter for almost three years, then went back to signing anchorwoman Tatyana Kravchenko's report before straying from the script one more time at the end of the 10-minute segment.
"My soul is heavy that I had to repeat these lies," Dmitruk signed. "I will not do it again. I don't know if we'll see each other again."
Full story here.
