A Ray of Sunshine

News from last week in Ukraine that I'd previously missed:

Natalia Dmitruk, a sign language presenter with the Ukrainian TV channel UT-1 has ignored the text read by the news presenter and instead transmitted the message that the results of the elections were rigged, Russia’s NTV television reports.

Dmitruk rebelled during the morning news broadcast on Thursday. The Visti news program is the only program on Ukrainian television adapted for people with hearing difficulties.

During the broadcast, the sign language presenter ignored the text about the results of the presidential elections read by presenter Tatyana Kravchenko and instead transmitted the following:

“The results announced by the Central Electoral Commission are rigged. Do not believe them. Our president is Yushchenko. I am very disappointed by the fact that I had to interpret lies. I will not do it any more. I do not know if you will see me again.”

After the broadcast Dmitruk joined the strike announced by journalists of the UT-1 television channel on Thursday. The strikers claim they will return to work only on condition that nothing but the truth is reported.

Apparently, news of the sign language message quickly spread, fueling the protests in Kiev.