We are an ordinary family. Not politicians, not oligarchs, not people with access to power. We are like millions of others: we worked, made plans, dreamed of a peaceful life and a future for our children. But today we are forced to say openly and out loud: we are against the Putin regime. Against a system of lies, fear, and violence that is destroying the country and people’s lives.

Over the years of its rule, this regime has turned Russia into a state where human life has ceased to be a value, and truth has become a danger. People have been systematically and methodically brainwashed through television. Every day, screens tell them that “everything is fine,” that “this is how it should be,” that “enemies are everywhere,” and therefore any cruelty, any war, any killing can be justified. The reality is completely different, but speaking about it is forbidden.

Today in Russia, people are afraid to speak. Afraid of words, afraid of opinions, afraid even of silent disagreement. One post, one comment, one careless remark and you are already an “enemy,” an “extremist,” a “traitor.” People are given enormous prison sentences for words. Lives are destroyed for telling the truth. Fear has become the norm, and prison has become a tool for governing society.

This regime has no intention of ending the war. Because war is its fuel. As long as the war continues, it can write off failures, economic decline, poverty, destroyed cities, and a stolen future. It can keep sending people to their deaths, hiding behind loud slogans and invented justifications. But everyone understands: people should not be dying, and no state has the right to attack another or seize чужую land for as long as it wants.

We see the economy collapsing, wages losing their value, and people living worse and worse despite endless television stories about “stability” and “growth.” Prices rise, opportunities disappear, and the future shrinks to mere survival. Yet television keeps shouting that everything is wonderful, that “we are rising from our knees,” that we must “endure just a little longer.” Endure what? Poverty, death, lies?

Our family was forced to leave. Not because we “wanted a better life,” but because we could no longer live in a country where dissent is a crime. We did not leave Russia of our own free will, but under pressure from circumstances created by this regime. We left behind our home, our familiar life, our past.

Relatives and friends remain in Russia. People we love. People we may never see again. This is a pain that cannot be measured. This is the price paid by thousands of families — a price the regime prefers to remain silent about. Broken families, shattered lives, loneliness, fear, and hopelessness.

This regime has already destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives through direct violence and indirectly through poverty, repression, and despair. And the most frightening thing is that it has no end, because it offers no future. It is a dystopia built on lies, blood, and fear. A system that can exist only by destroying whether it is people, neighboring countries, and Russia itself. We are convinced that people must wake up. They must stop believing television, start asking questions, and stop remaining silent inside themselves even if they cannot yet speak out loud. Because silence is consent, and consent prolongs the existence of this regime.

We are also convinced that the world must not look away. It must not pretend that nothing is happening. Aggression cannot be justified by “geopolitics.” One cannot trade with a regime that kills and destroys the future of an entire country. Stopping this is a shared responsibility.

We state openly and honestly: we are against the Putin regime. Against the war. Against lies. Against repression. Against a state of fear. We stand for life, for freedom, for people’s right to speak the truth without fear.

We believe that one day Russia will be different: a country where people are not imprisoned for words, where millions are not lied to, where people are not sent to die for the power of one person. But for that to happen, reality must be acknowledged and things must be called by their proper names. We have stated our position. And we will no longer remain silent.