Ukraine’s Olympic sign bearer was a Russian woman: ‘I have to be worried’

SCMP · 2026-02-17
Ukraine’s Olympic sign bearer was a Russian woman: ‘I have to be worried’

Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if anonymous, act: carrying the Ukraine team placard during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Kucherova was swathed in a long, hooded silver puffer coat